#C9554B#C9554B

#C9554B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.150 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9554B
RGB	rgb(201, 85, 75)
HSL	hsl(5, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 62.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 45.51, 29.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 53.98, 32.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.1332 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.15 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6085, 19.4262, 8.8984)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9554B #4BBFC9

analogous

#C94B80 #C9554B #C9944B

triadic

#C9554B #4BC955 #554BC9

tetradic

#C9554B #80C94B #4BBFC9 #944BC9

square

#C9554B #80C94B #4BBFC9 #944BC9

split-complementary

#C9554B #4BC994 #4B80C9

monochromatic

#762A23 #A53B32 #C9554B #D7817A #E5AEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#C9554B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#C9554B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9554B

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9554B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9554B	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9554b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 85, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.150 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0897d',
    500: '#c9554b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9554b;
$custom-light: #e0897d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9554b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.762,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59654,
    "c": 0.15011,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9554B

secondary

#9DCED3

accent

#D2DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9554B

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

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