#C55F45#C55F45

#C55F45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.137 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55F45
RGB	rgb(197, 95, 69)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 38.70, 33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 51.38, 41.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.1114 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.137 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1948, 20.4878, 8.0988)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55F45 #45ABC5

analogous

#C5456B #C55F45 #C59F45

triadic

#C55F45 #45C55F #5F45C5

tetradic

#C55F45 #6BC545 #45ABC5 #9F45C5

square

#C55F45 #6BC545 #45ABC5 #9F45C5

split-complementary

#C55F45 #45C59F #456BC5

monochromatic

#6D3122 #9C4731 #C55F45 #D48774 #E2AFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C55F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#C55F45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55F45

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55F45	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 95, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.137 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8f79',
    500: '#c55f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55f45;
$custom-light: #dc8f79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.188,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60415,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55F45

secondary

#97C3CF

accent

#BFDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55F45

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

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