#C55537#C55537

#C55537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.150 H 36.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55537
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 42.90, 39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 58.00, 42.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1218 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.15 36)
XYZ	xyz(26.9667, 18.6467, 5.7928)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55537 #37A7C5

analogous

#C53760 #C55537 #C59C37

triadic

#C55537 #37C555 #5537C5

tetradic

#C55537 #60C537 #37A7C5 #9C37C5

square

#C55537 #60C537 #37A7C5 #9C37C5

split-complementary

#C55537 #37C59C #3760C5

monochromatic

#652C1C #95402A #C55537 #D47D65 #E1A595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C55537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C55537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55537

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55537	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)

#736833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.150 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de886f',
    500: '#c55537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55537;
$custom-light: #de886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.676,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58753,
    "c": 0.15047,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.18643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55537

secondary

#8BBFCD

accent

#C0E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55537

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

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