#C55234#C55234

#C55234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.154 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55234
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 52)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.69, 44.20, 40.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.69, 59.61, 42.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.1253 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.154 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6658, 18.1564, 5.3485)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55234 #34A7C5

analogous

#C5345F #C55234 #C59B34

triadic

#C55234 #34C552 #5234C5

tetradic

#C55234 #5FC534 #34A7C5 #9B34C5

square

#C55234 #5FC534 #34A7C5 #9B34C5

split-complementary

#C55234 #34C59B #345FC5

monochromatic

#642A1A #953E27 #C55234 #D57961 #E2A291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C55234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C55234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55234

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55234	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.154 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de866d',
    500: '#c55234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55234;
$custom-light: #de866d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.414,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58299,
    "c": 0.15412,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55234

secondary

#88BFCD

accent

#C1E146

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55234

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

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