#C4553D#C4553D

#C4553D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.148 H 33.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4553D
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 61)
HSL	hsl(11, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 42.83, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 55.70, 39.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1228 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.148 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8584, 18.5732, 6.5846)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4553D #3DACC4

analogous

#C43D68 #C4553D #C4993D

triadic

#C4553D #3DC455 #553DC4

tetradic

#C4553D #68C43D #3DACC4 #993DC4

square

#C4553D #68C43D #3DACC4 #993DC4

split-complementary

#C4553D #3DC499 #3D68C4

monochromatic

#672C1F #96402E #C4553D #D27E6C #E1A79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C4553D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#C4553D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4553D

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4553D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4553D	1.00	4.45	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73683A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4553d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.148 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8873',
    500: '#c4553d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4553d;
$custom-light: #dd8873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4553d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.667,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58679,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4553D

secondary

#90C2CD

accent

#C3DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4553D

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

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