#C4553E#C4553E

#C4553E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.147 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4553E
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 42.89, 35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 55.40, 39.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1232 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.147 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8855, 18.5840, 6.7278)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4553E #3EADC4

analogous

#C43E6A #C4553E #C4983E

triadic

#C4553E #3EC455 #553EC4

tetradic

#C4553E #6AC43E #3EADC4 #983EC4

square

#C4553E #6AC43E #3EADC4 #983EC4

split-complementary

#C4553E #3EC498 #3E6AC4

monochromatic

#682C20 #97402E #C4553E #D27E6D #E1A89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C4553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C4553E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4553E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4553E	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.147 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8874',
    500: '#c4553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4553e;
$custom-light: #dc8874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.299,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58693,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4553E

secondary

#91C2CD

accent

#C4DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4553E

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

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