#C55538#C55538

#C55538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.150 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55538
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 42.95, 38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 57.68, 41.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% 0.1221 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.15 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9910, 18.6564, 5.9203)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55538 #38A8C5

analogous

#C53862 #C55538 #C59B38

triadic

#C55538 #38C555 #5538C5

tetradic

#C55538 #62C538 #38A8C5 #9B38C5

square

#C55538 #62C538 #38A8C5 #9B38C5

split-complementary

#C55538 #38C59B #3862C5

monochromatic

#662C1D #95402A #C55538 #D47D67 #E1A696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C55538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C55538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55538

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55538	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)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.150 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8870',
    500: '#c55538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55538;
$custom-light: #de8870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.34,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58766,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55538

secondary

#8CBFCD

accent

#C0DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55538

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

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