#C55639#C55639

#C55639 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.149 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55639
RGB	rgb(197, 86, 57)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 42.51, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 57.15, 41.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.121 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.149 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0949, 18.8248, 6.0769)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55639 #39A8C5

analogous

#C53962 #C55639 #C59C39

triadic

#C55639 #39C556 #5639C5

tetradic

#C55639 #62C539 #39A8C5 #9C39C5

square

#C55639 #62C539 #39A8C5 #9C39C5

split-complementary

#C55639 #39C59C #3962C5

monochromatic

#662D1E #96412B #C55639 #D37E68 #E1A797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C55639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C55639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55639

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55639	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)

#746936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 86, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.149 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8970',
    500: '#c55639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55639;
$custom-light: #dd8970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.429,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5892,
    "c": 0.14895,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55639

secondary

#8DBFCD

accent

#C0DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55639

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

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