#C5523D#C5523D

#C5523D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.152 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5523D
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 61)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, 44.64, 35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 56.84, 38.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.1284 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.152 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8882, 18.2454, 6.5198)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5523D #3DB0C5

analogous

#C53D6C #C5523D #C5963D

triadic

#C5523D #3DC552 #523DC5

tetradic

#C5523D #6CC53D #3DB0C5 #963DC5

square

#C5523D #6CC53D #3DB0C5 #963DC5

split-complementary

#C5523D #3DC596 #3D6CC5

monochromatic

#682B1F #983E2D #C5523D #D37C6C #E1A69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#C5523D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#C5523D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5523D

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5523D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5523D	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71673A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5523d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.152 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8673',
    500: '#c5523d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5523d;
$custom-light: #dd8673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5523d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.265,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58414,
    "c": 0.15181,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5523D

secondary

#91C4CD

accent

#C7DD4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5523D

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

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