#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
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 54)
HSL	hsl(13, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 42.85, 39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 58.32, 42.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.1215 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.151 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9430, 18.6372, 5.6679)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C55536	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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