#C55236#C55236

#C55236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.154 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55236
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.71, 44.29, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.71, 58.98, 41.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.1259 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.154 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7118, 18.1748, 5.5908)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55236 #36A9C5

analogous

#C53662 #C55236 #C59A36

triadic

#C55236 #36C552 #5236C5

tetradic

#C55236 #62C536 #36A9C5 #9A36C5

square

#C55236 #62C536 #36A9C5 #9A36C5

split-complementary

#C55236 #36C59A #3662C5

monochromatic

#652A1C #953E29 #C55236 #D47A64 #E2A394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#C55236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C55236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55236

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55236	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)

#716633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.154 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de866e',
    500: '#c55236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55236;
$custom-light: #de866e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.748,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58323,
    "c": 0.15359,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55236

secondary

#8AC0CD

accent

#C2E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55236

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

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