#C55235#C55235

#C55235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.154 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C55235
RGBrgb(197, 82, 53)
HSLhsl(12, 58%, 49%)
HSVhsv(12, 73%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 58.4%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(49.70, 44.24, 39.48)
CIE-LCHlch(49.70, 59.30, 41.74°)
OKLaboklab(58.31% 0.1256 0.0889)
OKLCHoklch(58.31% 0.154 35.3)
XYZxyz(26.6886, 18.1655, 5.4684)
Luminance0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C55235 #35A8C5
analogous
#C53560 #C55235 #C59A35
triadic
#C55235 #35C552 #5235C5
tetradic
#C55235 #60C535 #35A8C5 #9A35C5
square
#C55235 #60C535 #35A8C5 #9A35C5
split-complementary
#C55235 #35C59A #3560C5
monochromatic
#652A1B #953E28 #C55235 #D57962 #E2A393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53
#C55235 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63
#C55235 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55235
4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C55235#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C552351.004.534.634.63
#FFFFFF4.531.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6321.001.001.00
##0000004.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#716631
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8E8032
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8384C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c55235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.154 35.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de866e',
    500: '#c55235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c55235;
$custom-light: #de866e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c55235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.083,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58311,
    "c": 0.15385,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C55235
secondary
#89BFCD
accent
#C2E147
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FDF0EC
border
#D5CBC7
text
#170B07
muted
#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55235

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#C55235 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva