#C5535B#C5535B

#C5535B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.146 H 18.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5535B
RGB	rgb(197, 83, 91)
HSL	hsl(356, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(356, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 53.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.47, 46.22, 18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.47, 49.81, 21.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.1384 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.146 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0098, 18.8156, 12.0523)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5535B #53C5BD

analogous

#C55394 #C5535B #C58453

triadic

#C5535B #5BC553 #535BC5

tetradic

#C5535B #94C553 #53C5BD #8453C5

square

#C5535B #94C553 #53C5BD #8453C5

split-complementary

#C5535B #53C584 #5394C5

monochromatic

#76282D #A4373F #C5535B #D48187 #E4AFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C5535B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C5535B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5535B

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5535B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5535B	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E695B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5535b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 83, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.146 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8889',
    500: '#c5535b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5535b;
$custom-light: #dc8889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5535b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.789,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59087,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5535B

secondary

#A2D2CF

accent

#D9CF4F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5535B

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

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