#C5503E#C5503E

#C5503E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.154 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5503E
RGB	rgb(197, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 45.64, 34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 57.04, 36.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1316 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.154 31)
XYZ	xyz(26.7668, 17.9590, 6.6134)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5503E #3EB3C5

analogous

#C53E6F #C5503E #C5933E

triadic

#C5503E #3EC550 #503EC5

tetradic

#C5503E #6FC53E #3EB3C5 #933EC5

square

#C5503E #6FC53E #3EB3C5 #933EC5

split-complementary

#C5503E #3EC593 #3E6FC5

monochromatic

#692920 #983C2E #C5503E #D37B6D #E1A59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C5503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C5503E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5503E

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5503E	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F663C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.154 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8574',
    500: '#c5503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5503e;
$custom-light: #dd8574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58157,
    "c": 0.15358,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.17955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5503E

secondary

#91C5CD

accent

#CADD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5503E

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

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