#C55533#C55533

#C55533 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.152 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55533
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 51)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 42.71, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 59.29, 43.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% 0.1205 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.152 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8747, 18.6099, 5.3082)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55533 #33A3C5

analogous

#C5335A #C55533 #C59E33

triadic

#C55533 #33C555 #5533C5

tetradic

#C55533 #5AC533 #33A3C5 #9E33C5

square

#C55533 #5AC533 #33A3C5 #9E33C5

split-complementary

#C55533 #33C59E #335AC5

monochromatic

#642B1A #944026 #C55533 #D67B5F #E2A390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C55533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C55533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55533

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55533	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)

#74682F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.152 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de886c',
    500: '#c55533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55533;
$custom-light: #de886c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.973,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58706,
    "c": 0.15159,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55533

secondary

#87BDCD

accent

#BEE246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55533

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

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