#C55437#C55437

#C55437 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.151 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55437
RGB	rgb(197, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 43.38, 38.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 58.22, 41.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1233 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.151 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8886, 18.4904, 5.7668)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55437 #37A8C5

analogous

#C53761 #C55437 #C59B37

triadic

#C55437 #37C554 #5437C5

tetradic

#C55437 #61C537 #37A8C5 #9B37C5

square

#C55437 #61C537 #37A8C5 #9B37C5

split-complementary

#C55437 #37C59B #3761C5

monochromatic

#652B1C #95402A #C55437 #D47C65 #E1A595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C55437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C55437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55437

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55437	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.151 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de886f',
    500: '#c55437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55437;
$custom-light: #de886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.254,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58613,
    "c": 0.15142,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55437

secondary

#8BBFCD

accent

#C1E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55437

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

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