#C55536#C55536

#C55536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.151 H 36.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C55536
RGBrgb(197, 85, 54)
HSLhsl(13, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(13, 73%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 56.9%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(50.26, 42.85, 39.56)
CIE-LCHlch(50.26, 58.32, 42.72°)
OKLaboklab(58.74% 0.1215 0.0893)
OKLCHoklch(58.74% 0.151 36.3)
XYZxyz(26.9430, 18.6372, 5.6679)
Luminance0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C55536 #36A6C5
analogous
#C5365F #C55536 #C59D36
triadic
#C55536 #36C555 #5536C5
tetradic
#C55536 #5FC536 #36A6C5 #9D36C5
square
#C55536 #5FC536 #36A6C5 #9D36C5
split-complementary
#C55536 #36C59D #365FC5
monochromatic
#652C1C #954029 #C55536 #D47C64 #E2A594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44
#C55536 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73
#C55536 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55536
4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C55536#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C555361.004.444.734.73
#FFFFFF4.441.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7321.001.001.00
##0000004.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#746832
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8F8133
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D83D4E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c55536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.151 36.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de886e',
    500: '#c55536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c55536;
$custom-light: #de886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c55536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.007,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58741,
    "c": 0.15075,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C55536
secondary
#8ABECD
accent
#BFE048
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FDF0EC
border
#D5CBC7
text
#160C07
muted
#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55536

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

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#C55536 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva