#C55238#C55238

#C55238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.153 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55238
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.73, 44.38, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.73, 58.36, 40.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1266 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.153 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7598, 18.1940, 5.8433)
Luminance	0.1819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55238 #38ABC5

analogous

#C53865 #C55238 #C59938

triadic

#C55238 #38C552 #5238C5

tetradic

#C55238 #65C538 #38ABC5 #9938C5

square

#C55238 #65C538 #38ABC5 #9938C5

split-complementary

#C55238 #38C599 #3865C5

monochromatic

#662A1D #953E2A #C55238 #D47B67 #E1A496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#C55238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#C55238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55238

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55238	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)

#716635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.153 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8670',
    500: '#c55238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55238;
$custom-light: #de8670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.064,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58348,
    "c": 0.15307,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55238

secondary

#8CC1CD

accent

#C3DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55238

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

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