#C5523E#C5523E

#C5523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.152 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5523E
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 44.70, 34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 56.55, 37.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.1287 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.152 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9154, 18.2563, 6.6630)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5523E #3EB1C5

analogous

#C53E6D #C5523E #C5953E

triadic

#C5523E #3EC552 #523EC5

tetradic

#C5523E #6DC53E #3EB1C5 #953EC5

square

#C5523E #6DC53E #3EB1C5 #953EC5

split-complementary

#C5523E #3EC595 #3E6DC5

monochromatic

#692A20 #983D2E #C5523E #D37C6D #E1A69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#C5523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#C5523E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5523E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5523E	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)

#71673B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.152 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8674',
    500: '#c5523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5523e;
$custom-light: #dd8674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58428,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5523E

secondary

#91C4CD

accent

#C7DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5523E

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

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