#C55532#C55532

#C55532 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.152 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55532
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 50)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 42.67, 41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 59.62, 44.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.1202 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.152 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.8529, 18.6012, 5.1933)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55532 #32A2C5

analogous

#C53258 #C55532 #C59E32

triadic

#C55532 #32C555 #5532C5

tetradic

#C55532 #58C532 #32A2C5 #9E32C5

square

#C55532 #58C532 #32A2C5 #9E32C5

split-complementary

#C55532 #32C59E #3258C5

monochromatic

#632B19 #944026 #C55532 #D67B5E #E3A38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C55532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C55532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55532

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55532	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74682E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F812F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.152 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de886c',
    500: '#c55532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55532;
$custom-light: #de886c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.286,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58695,
    "c": 0.15187,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55532

secondary

#86BCCD

accent

#BDE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55532

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

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