#C2552B#C2552B

#C2552B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.151 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2552B
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 43)
HSL	hsl(17, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 77.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 41.24, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 60.66, 47.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.1149 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.151 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9354, 18.1442, 4.4215)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2552B #2B98C2

analogous

#C22B4D #C2552B #C2A12B

triadic

#C2552B #2BC255 #552BC2

tetradic

#C2552B #4DC22B #2B98C2 #A12BC2

square

#C2552B #4DC22B #2B98C2 #A12BC2

split-complementary

#C2552B #2BC2A1 #2B4DC2

monochromatic

#5E2915 #903F20 #C2552B #D97752 #E49E84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C2552B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C2552B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C2552B

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2552B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2552B	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)

#736726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D53C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2552b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.151 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8867',
    500: '#c2552b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2552b;
$custom-light: #dc8867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2552b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.689,
    "s": 63.713,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58165,
    "c": 0.15061,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2552B

secondary

#7CB6CD

accent

#B9E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2552B

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

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