#C5525E#C5525E

#C5525E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.147 H 16.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5525E
RGB	rgb(197, 82, 94)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(354, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 52.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 46.95, 16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 49.80, 19.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1411 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.147 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0659, 18.7164, 12.7222)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5525E #52C5B9

analogous

#C55298 #C5525E #C57F52

triadic

#C5525E #5EC552 #525EC5

tetradic

#C5525E #98C552 #52C5B9 #7F52C5

square

#C5525E #98C552 #52C5B9 #7F52C5

split-complementary

#C5525E #52C57F #5298C5

monochromatic

#75272F #A33742 #C5525E #D48089 #E4AEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#C5525E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#C5525E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5525E

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5525E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5525E	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)

#6C695E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A815B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5525e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 82, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.147 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc878b',
    500: '#c5525e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5525e;
$custom-light: #dc878b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5525e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.739,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59019,
    "c": 0.14715,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5525E

secondary

#A1D2CD

accent

#D9CB4E

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5525E

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

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