#C5544D#C5544D

#C5544D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.146 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5544D
RGB	rgb(197, 84, 77)
HSL	hsl(4, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 60.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 44.67, 26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 52.07, 30.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1314 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.146 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5383, 18.7502, 9.1887)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5544D #4DBEC5

analogous

#C54D82 #C5544D #C5904D

triadic

#C5544D #4DC554 #544DC5

tetradic

#C5544D #82C54D #4DBEC5 #904DC5

square

#C5544D #82C54D #4DBEC5 #904DC5

split-complementary

#C5544D #4DC590 #4D82C5

monochromatic

#722A25 #A03B34 #C5544D #D4807B #E3ADA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C5544D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C5544D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5544D

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5544D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5544D	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70694C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D814A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5544d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 84, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.146 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc887f',
    500: '#c5544d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5544d;
$custom-light: #dc887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5544d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.5,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58945,
    "c": 0.14628,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5544D

secondary

#9DCED1

accent

#D2DA4D

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5544D

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

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