#C55738#C55738

#C55738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.148 H 36.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55738
RGB	rgb(197, 87, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 41.97, 38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 57.25, 42.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.1191 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.148 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1506, 18.9757, 5.9736)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55738 #38A6C5

analogous

#C53860 #C55738 #C59D38

triadic

#C55738 #38C557 #5738C5

tetradic

#C55738 #60C538 #38A6C5 #9D38C5

square

#C55738 #60C538 #38A6C5 #9D38C5

split-complementary

#C55738 #38C59D #3860C5

monochromatic

#662D1D #95422A #C55738 #D47F67 #E1A796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C55738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C55738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55738

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55738	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 87, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.148 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8970',
    500: '#c55738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55738;
$custom-light: #dd8970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.191,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59051,
    "c": 0.14829,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55738

secondary

#8CBECD

accent

#BEDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55738

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

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