#C55F42#C55F42

#C55F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.138 H 36.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55F42
RGB	rgb(197, 95, 66)
HSL	hsl(13, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(13, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, 38.52, 35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 52.32, 42.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1103 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.138 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1041, 20.4515, 7.6208)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55F42 #42A8C5

analogous

#C54267 #C55F42 #C5A042

triadic

#C55F42 #42C55F #5F42C5

tetradic

#C55F42 #67C542 #42A8C5 #A042C5

square

#C55F42 #67C542 #42A8C5 #A042C5

split-complementary

#C55F42 #42C5A0 #4267C5

monochromatic

#6C3221 #9A472F #C55F42 #D38771 #E2AEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C55F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#C55F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55F42

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55F42	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)

#7A6F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 95, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.138 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8f77',
    500: '#c55f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55f42;
$custom-light: #dd8f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.282,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60371,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55F42

secondary

#95C1CE

accent

#BCDC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55F42

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

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