#C5523F#C5523F

#C5523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.151 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5523F
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 68%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.82, 44.75, 34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.82, 56.26, 37.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.1291 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.151 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9431, 18.2673, 6.8088)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5523F #3FB2C5

analogous

#C53F6F #C5523F #C5953F

triadic

#C5523F #3FC552 #523FC5

tetradic

#C5523F #6FC53F #3FB2C5 #953FC5

square

#C5523F #6FC53F #3FB2C5 #953FC5

split-complementary

#C5523F #3FC595 #3F6FC5

monochromatic

#6A2A20 #993D2E #C5523F #D37C6E #E1A79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C5523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#C5523F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5523F

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5523F	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	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)

#71673D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D803C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.151 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8674',
    500: '#c5523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5523f;
$custom-light: #dd8674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.507,
    "s": 53.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58443,
    "c": 0.15133,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5523F

secondary

#92C5CE

accent

#C8DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5523F

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

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