#C56255#C56255

#C56255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.129 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C56255
RGB	rgb(197, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(7, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(7, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, 38.30, 25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 46.16, 33.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% 0.1128 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.129 29)
XYZ	xyz(29.0356, 21.2648, 11.1680)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C56255 #55B8C5

analogous

#C55580 #C56255 #C59A55

triadic

#C56255 #55C562 #6255C5

tetradic

#C56255 #80C555 #55B8C5 #9A55C5

square

#C56255 #80C555 #55B8C5 #9A55C5

split-complementary

#C56255 #55C59A #5580C5

monochromatic

#773229 #A54538 #C56255 #D58C83 #E4B6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#C56255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#C56255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C56255

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C56255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C56255	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6515F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c56255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.129 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9185',
    500: '#c56255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c56255;
$custom-light: #db9185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c56255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.964,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61144,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.21262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C56255

secondary

#A3CDD2

accent

#C9D94F

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FCF1EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160D0B

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C56255

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

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