#C5523B#C5523B

#C5523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.152 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5523B
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(10, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.77, 44.54, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.77, 57.44, 39.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% 0.1276 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.152 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8353, 18.2242, 6.2413)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5523B #3BAEC5

analogous

#C53B69 #C5523B #C5973B

triadic

#C5523B #3BC552 #523BC5

tetradic

#C5523B #69C53B #3BAEC5 #973BC5

square

#C5523B #69C53B #3BAEC5 #973BC5

split-complementary

#C5523B #3BC597 #3B69C5

monochromatic

#672B1F #963E2C #C5523B #D37C6A #E1A599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#C5523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#C5523B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5523B

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5523B	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	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)

#716738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.152 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8672',
    500: '#c5523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5523b;
$custom-light: #de8672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58387,
    "c": 0.15231,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5523B

secondary

#8FC2CD

accent

#C5DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5523B

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

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