#C55E4E#C55E4E

#C55E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.135 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55E4E
RGB	rgb(197, 94, 78)
HSL	hsl(8, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(8, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.3%, 60.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, 39.82, 28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 49.03, 35.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% 0.1164 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.135 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4062, 20.4291, 9.6536)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55E4E #4EB5C5

analogous

#C54E7A #C55E4E #C59A4E

triadic

#C55E4E #4EC55E #5E4EC5

tetradic

#C55E4E #7AC54E #4EB5C5 #9A4EC5

square

#C55E4E #7AC54E #4EB5C5 #9A4EC5

split-complementary

#C55E4E #4EC59A #4E7AC5

monochromatic

#733026 #A14335 #C55E4E #D4887C #E3B2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C55E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#C55E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55E4E

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55E4E	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91854C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 94, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.135 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e80',
    500: '#c55e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55e4e;
$custom-light: #dc8e80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.067,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60408,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55E4E

secondary

#9ECAD1

accent

#C7DA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55E4E

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

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