#C9555E#C9555E

#C9555E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.148 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9555E
RGB	rgb(201, 85, 94)
HSL	hsl(355, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(355, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 53.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 46.93, 18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 50.38, 21.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.1407 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.148 18)
XYZ	xyz(29.3587, 19.7262, 12.8490)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9555E #55C9C0

analogous

#C95598 #C9555E #C98655

triadic

#C9555E #5EC955 #555EC9

tetradic

#C9555E #98C955 #55C9C0 #8655C9

square

#C9555E #98C955 #55C9C0 #8655C9

split-complementary

#C9555E #55C986 #5598C9

monochromatic

#7C272E #AB363F #C9555E #D8838A #E7B2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#C9555E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#C9555E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9555E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9555E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9555E	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D845B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9555e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 85, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.148 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df898b',
    500: '#c9555e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9555e;
$custom-light: #df898b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9555e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.345,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60025,
    "c": 0.14793,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.19723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9555E

secondary

#A5D5D1

accent

#DBD04D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9555E

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

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