#c55a4f

Color #c55a4f

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Indian Red #cd5c5c · ΔE 6.04 Nearest Tailwind class red-500 #fb2c36 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#c55a4f

RGB

rgb(197, 90, 79)

HSL

hsl(5.6, 50.4%, 54.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(5.6, 59.9%, 77.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 59.9%, 22.7%)

LAB

lab(51.55, 41.89, 27.06)

LCH

lch(51.55, 49.87, 32.86)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.1392, 27.93)

HWB

hwb(5.6, 31%, 22.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4fbac5

Analogous

#c54f7f

#c55a4f

#c5954f

Triadic

#c55a4f

#4fc55a

#5a4fc5

Split-complementary

#c55a4f

#4fc595

#4f7fc5

Tetradic

#c55a4f

#bac54f

#4fbac5

#5a4fc5

Square

#c55a4f

#7fc54f

#4fbac5

#954fc5

Shades

Color #c55a4f mixed toward black.

#ad4439

#8a362e

#682922

#451b17

#230e0b

Tints

Color #c55a4f mixed toward white.

#cf756c

#d8918a

#e2aca7

#ecc8c4

#f5e3e2

Tones

Color #c55a4f mixed toward gray.

#bb6259

#b16a63

#a7726c

#9e7a76

#948280

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a152 · ΔE 40.4

Deuteranopia

#a7ae52 · ΔE 45

Tritanopia

#c15454 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 24.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c55a4f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c55a4f]

Related colors

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Salmon #fa8072

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#c55a4f (#c55a4f) is rgb(197, 90, 79) in RGB.

No, #c55a4f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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