#C5525D#C5525D

#C5525D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.147 H 17.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5525D
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 93)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(354, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 52.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, 46.86, 17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 49.92, 20.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.1407 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.147 17)
XYZ	xyz(28.0213, 18.6986, 12.4874)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5525D #52C5BA

analogous

#C55297 #C5525D #C58152

triadic

#C5525D #5DC552 #525DC5

tetradic

#C5525D #97C552 #52C5BA #8152C5

square

#C5525D #97C552 #52C5BA #8152C5

split-complementary

#C5525D #52C581 #5297C5

monochromatic

#75272F #A33741 #C5525D #D48088 #E4AEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#C5525D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#C5525D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5525D

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5525D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5525D	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C695D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A815A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5525d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.147 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc878a',
    500: '#c5525d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5525d;
$custom-light: #dc878a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5525d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.261,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58997,
    "c": 0.14714,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.18695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5525D

secondary

#A1D2CD

accent

#D9CC4E

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5525D

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

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