#C5422F#C5422F

#C5422F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.170 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5422F
RGB	rgb(197, 66, 47)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 76.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 51.13, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 64.76, 37.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1459 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.17 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4901, 15.9757, 4.4302)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5422F #2FB2C5

analogous

#C52F67 #C5422F #C58D2F

triadic

#C5422F #2FC542 #422FC5

tetradic

#C5422F #67C52F #2FB2C5 #8D2FC5

square

#C5422F #67C52F #2FB2C5 #8D2FC5

split-complementary

#C5422F #2FC58D #2F67C5

monochromatic

#622117 #943123 #C5422F #D86A5A #E3968B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#C5422F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#C5422F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C5422F

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5422F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C5422F	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D91B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5422f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 66, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.170 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df7d69',
    500: '#c5422f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5422f;
$custom-light: #df7d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5422f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.6,
    "s": 61.475,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56214,
    "c": 0.17035,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5422F

secondary

#82C4CD

accent

#D0E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5422F

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

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