#C55338#C55338

#C55338 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.152 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55338
RGB	rgb(197, 83, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.91, 43.91, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.91, 58.13, 40.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.1251 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.152 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8357, 18.3459, 5.8686)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55338 #38AAC5

analogous

#C53864 #C55338 #C59938

triadic

#C55338 #38C553 #5338C5

tetradic

#C55338 #64C538 #38AAC5 #9938C5

square

#C55338 #64C538 #38AAC5 #9938C5

split-complementary

#C55338 #38C599 #3864C5

monochromatic

#662B1D #953F2A #C55338 #D47B67 #E1A596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#C55338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#C55338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55338

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55338	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 83, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.152 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8770',
    500: '#c55338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55338;
$custom-light: #de8770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.489,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58486,
    "c": 0.1521,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55338

secondary

#8CC0CD

accent

#C2DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55338

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

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