#C55E49#C55E49

#C55E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.136 H 33.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55E49
RGB	rgb(197, 94, 73)
HSL	hsl(10, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(10, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, 39.47, 31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 50.42, 38.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1145 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.136 33)
XYZ	xyz(28.2337, 20.3601, 8.7451)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55E49 #49B0C5

analogous

#C54972 #C55E49 #C59C49

triadic

#C55E49 #49C55E #5E49C5

tetradic

#C55E49 #72C549 #49B0C5 #9C49C5

square

#C55E49 #72C549 #49B0C5 #9C49C5

split-complementary

#C55E49 #49C59C #4972C5

monochromatic

#703124 #9E4532 #C55E49 #D48777 #E3B0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#C55E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#C55E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55E49

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55E49	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786F47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 94, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.136 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e7c',
    500: '#c55e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55e49;
$custom-light: #dc8e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.161,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60325,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.20357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55E49

secondary

#9AC7D0

accent

#C3DB4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55E49

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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