#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
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 53)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 44.24, 39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 59.30, 41.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% 0.1256 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.154 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6886, 18.1655, 5.4684)
Luminance	0.1816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##C55235	1.00	4.53	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.53	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)

#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

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

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