#C5553E#C5553E

#C5553E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.149 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5553E
RGB	rgb(197, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(10, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 43.26, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 55.83, 39.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% 0.1242 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.149 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1466, 18.7186, 6.7400)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5553E #3EAEC5

analogous

#C53E6A #C5553E #C5983E

triadic

#C5553E #3EC555 #553EC5

tetradic

#C5553E #6AC53E #3EAEC5 #983EC5

square

#C5553E #6AC53E #3EAEC5 #983EC5

split-complementary

#C5553E #3EC598 #3E6AC5

monochromatic

#692C20 #98402E #C5553E #D37E6D #E1A89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#C5553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#C5553E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5553E

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5553E	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.149 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8874',
    500: '#c5553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5553e;
$custom-light: #dd8874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.222,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58845,
    "c": 0.14856,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5553E

secondary

#91C3CD

accent

#C4DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5553E

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

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