#C55638#C55638

#C55638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.149 H 36.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55638
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.47, 42.46, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.47, 57.47, 42.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% 0.1206 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.149 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.0702, 18.8149, 5.9468)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55638 #38A7C5

analogous

#C53861 #C55638 #C59D38

triadic

#C55638 #38C556 #5638C5

tetradic

#C55638 #61C538 #38A7C5 #9D38C5

square

#C55638 #61C538 #38A7C5 #9D38C5

split-complementary

#C55638 #38C59D #3861C5

monochromatic

#662C1D #95412A #C55638 #D47E67 #E1A696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C55638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C55638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55638

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55638	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.149 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8970',
    500: '#c55638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55638;
$custom-light: #de8970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.766,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58908,
    "c": 0.14924,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55638

secondary

#8CBFCD

accent

#BFDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55638

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

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