#C55836#C55836

#C55836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.148 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55836
RGB	rgb(197, 88, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, 41.38, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 57.69, 44.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.117 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.148 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1842, 19.1196, 5.7483)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55836 #36A3C5

analogous

#C5365C #C55836 #C5A036

triadic

#C55836 #36C558 #5836C5

tetradic

#C55836 #5CC536 #36A3C5 #A036C5

square

#C55836 #5CC536 #36A3C5 #A036C5

split-complementary

#C55836 #36C5A0 #365CC5

monochromatic

#652D1C #954329 #C55836 #D47F64 #E2A694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C55836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C55836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55836

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55836	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	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)

#766A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 88, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.148 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8a6e',
    500: '#c55836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55836;
$custom-light: #de8a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.266,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59171,
    "c": 0.14795,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55836

secondary

#8ABDCD

accent

#BCE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55836

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

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