#C55F40#C55F40

#C55F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.138 H 37.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55F40
RGB	rgb(197, 95, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, 38.40, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 52.97, 43.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.1096 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.138 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0461, 20.4283, 7.3156)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55F40 #40A6C5

analogous

#C54063 #C55F40 #C5A140

triadic

#C55F40 #40C55F #5F40C5

tetradic

#C55F40 #63C540 #40A6C5 #A140C5

square

#C55F40 #63C540 #40A6C5 #A140C5

split-complementary

#C55F40 #40C5A1 #4063C5

monochromatic

#6A3220 #99472F #C55F40 #D3866F #E2AE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C55F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#C55F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55F40

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55F40	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 95, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.138 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8f76',
    500: '#c55f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55f40;
$custom-light: #dd8f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.985,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60343,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55F40

secondary

#93C0CE

accent

#BBDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55F40

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

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