#C2552A#C2552A

#C2552A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.151 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2552A
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 42)
HSL	hsl(17, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 78.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 41.21, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 60.99, 47.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1146 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.151 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9172, 18.1369, 4.3261)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2552A #2A97C2

analogous

#C22A4B #C2552A #C2A12A

triadic

#C2552A #2AC255 #552AC2

tetradic

#C2552A #4BC22A #2A97C2 #A12AC2

square

#C2552A #4BC22A #2A97C2 #A12AC2

split-complementary

#C2552A #2AC2A1 #2A4BC2

monochromatic

#5D2914 #903F1F #C2552A #D97750 #E49E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C2552A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C2552A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C2552A

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2552A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2552A	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D53C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2552a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.151 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8866',
    500: '#c2552a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2552a;
$custom-light: #dc8866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2552a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.974,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58156,
    "c": 0.15089,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2552A

secondary

#7BB6CD

accent

#B8E740

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2552A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →