#C2553B#C2553B

#C2553B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.146 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2553B
RGB	rgb(194, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 69.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 41.98, 36.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 55.45, 40.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.12 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.146 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2886, 18.2855, 6.2819)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2553B #3BA8C2

analogous

#C23B64 #C2553B #C2993B

triadic

#C2553B #3BC255 #553BC2

tetradic

#C2553B #64C23B #3BA8C2 #993BC2

square

#C2553B #64C23B #3BA8C2 #993BC2

split-complementary

#C2553B #3BC299 #3B64C2

monochromatic

#642C1E #93402D #C2553B #D17D69 #E0A698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C2553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#C2553B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C2553B

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2553B	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D53E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.146 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8872',
    500: '#c2553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2553b;
$custom-light: #db8872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.556,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58349,
    "c": 0.146,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2553B

secondary

#8EBFCB

accent

#C1DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2553B

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

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