#C5535E#C5535E

#C5535E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.146 H 16.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5535E
RGB	rgb(197, 83, 94)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(354, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 52.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 46.47, 16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 49.44, 19.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1396 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.146 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1418, 18.8684, 12.7475)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5535E #53C5BA

analogous

#C55397 #C5535E #C58153

triadic

#C5535E #5EC553 #535EC5

tetradic

#C5535E #97C553 #53C5BA #8153C5

square

#C5535E #97C553 #53C5BA #8153C5

split-complementary

#C5535E #53C581 #5397C5

monochromatic

#76282F #A43742 #C5535E #D48189 #E4AFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#C5535E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#C5535E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5535E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5535E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5535E	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A815B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5535e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 83, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.146 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc888b',
    500: '#c5535e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5535e;
$custom-light: #dc888b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5535e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.211,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59154,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5535E

secondary

#A2D2CD

accent

#D9CC4F

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5535E

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

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