#C5503B#C5503B

#C5503B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.154 H 32.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5503B
RGB	rgb(197, 80, 59)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.41, 45.48, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.41, 57.92, 38.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.1306 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.154 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6867, 17.9270, 6.1918)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5503B #3BB0C5

analogous

#C53B6B #C5503B #C5953B

triadic

#C5503B #3BC550 #503BC5

tetradic

#C5503B #6BC53B #3BB0C5 #953BC5

square

#C5503B #6BC53B #3BB0C5 #953BC5

split-complementary

#C5503B #3BC595 #3B6BC5

monochromatic

#672A1F #963D2C #C5503B #D37A6A #E1A499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C5503B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#C5503B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5503B

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5503B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5503B	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5503b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 80, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.154 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8572',
    500: '#c5503b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5503b;
$custom-light: #de8572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5503b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.13,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58115,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5503B

secondary

#8FC3CD

accent

#C7DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5503B

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

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