#C2552E#C2552E

#C2552E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.150 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2552E
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 76.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 41.36, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 59.67, 46.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.1157 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.15 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9924, 18.1670, 4.7221)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2552E #2E9BC2

analogous

#C22E51 #C2552E #C29F2E

triadic

#C2552E #2EC255 #552EC2

tetradic

#C2552E #51C22E #2E9BC2 #9F2EC2

square

#C2552E #51C22E #2E9BC2 #9F2EC2

split-complementary

#C2552E #2EC29F #2E51C2

monochromatic

#5F2A17 #913F22 #C2552E #D77856 #E3A088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#C2552E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C2552E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C2552E

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2552E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2552E	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	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)

#736729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D53D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2552e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.150 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8869',
    500: '#c2552e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2552e;
$custom-light: #dc8869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2552e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.811,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58195,
    "c": 0.14975,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2552E

secondary

#7FB8CC

accent

#BAE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2552E

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

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