#C55237#C55237

#C55237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.153 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55237
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.72, 44.34, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.72, 58.67, 40.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% 0.1263 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.153 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7355, 18.1843, 5.7158)
Luminance	0.1818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55237 #37AAC5

analogous

#C53763 #C55237 #C59937

triadic

#C55237 #37C552 #5237C5

tetradic

#C55237 #63C537 #37AAC5 #9937C5

square

#C55237 #63C537 #37AAC5 #9937C5

split-complementary

#C55237 #37C599 #3763C5

monochromatic

#652A1C #953E2A #C55237 #D47A65 #E1A495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#C55237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#C55237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55237

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55237	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.153 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de866f',
    500: '#c55237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55237;
$custom-light: #de866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.408,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58335,
    "c": 0.15333,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55237

secondary

#8BC0CD

accent

#C3E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55237

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

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