#C5553A#C5553A

#C5553A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.150 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5553A
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 58)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 43.05, 37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 57.06, 41.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% 0.1228 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.15 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0408, 18.6763, 6.1831)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5553A #3AAAC5

analogous

#C53A64 #C5553A #C59B3A

triadic

#C5553A #3AC555 #553AC5

tetradic

#C5553A #64C53A #3AAAC5 #9B3AC5

square

#C5553A #64C53A #3AAAC5 #9B3AC5

split-complementary

#C5553A #3AC59B #3A64C5

monochromatic

#662C1E #96412C #C5553A #D37E69 #E1A799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C5553A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C5553A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5553A

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5553A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5553A	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)

#736837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5553a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.150 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8871',
    500: '#c5553a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5553a;
$custom-light: #dd8871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5553a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.655,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58791,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5553A

secondary

#8EC0CD

accent

#C1DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5553A

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

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