#C55835#C55835

#C55835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.148 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55835
RGB	rgb(197, 88, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 41.34, 40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 58.02, 44.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.1166 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.148 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1610, 19.1103, 5.6259)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55835 #35A2C5

analogous

#C5355A #C55835 #C5A035

triadic

#C55835 #35C558 #5835C5

tetradic

#C55835 #5AC535 #35A2C5 #A035C5

square

#C55835 #5AC535 #35A2C5 #A035C5

split-complementary

#C55835 #35C5A0 #355AC5

monochromatic

#652D1B #954228 #C55835 #D57E62 #E2A693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#C55835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C55835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55835

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55835	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 88, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.148 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8a6e',
    500: '#c55835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55835;
$custom-light: #de8a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.583,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59159,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55835

secondary

#89BCCD

accent

#BBE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55835

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

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