#C9554E#C9554E

#C9554E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.150 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9554E
RGB	rgb(201, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(3, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 45.71, 27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 53.27, 30.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.1344 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.15 26)
XYZ	xyz(28.7136, 19.4682, 9.4519)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9554E #4EC2C9

analogous

#C94E84 #C9554E #C9934E

triadic

#C9554E #4EC955 #554EC9

tetradic

#C9554E #84C94E #4EC2C9 #934EC9

square

#C9554E #84C94E #4EC2C9 #934EC9

split-complementary

#C9554E #4EC993 #4E84C9

monochromatic

#782925 #A73A33 #C9554E #D7827D #E6AFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C9554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#C9554E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9554E

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9554E	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F834B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.150 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df897f',
    500: '#c9554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9554e;
$custom-light: #df897f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.415,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59706,
    "c": 0.14957,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.19465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9554E

secondary

#9FD0D3

accent

#D4DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9554E

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

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