#C55938#C55938

#C55938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.146 H 37.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55938
RGB	rgb(197, 89, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.04, 40.99, 39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.04, 56.83, 43.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.1161 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.146 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3148, 19.3041, 6.0283)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55938 #38A4C5

analogous

#C5385D #C55938 #C5A038

triadic

#C55938 #38C559 #5938C5

tetradic

#C55938 #5DC538 #38A4C5 #A038C5

square

#C55938 #5DC538 #38A4C5 #A038C5

split-complementary

#C55938 #38C5A0 #385DC5

monochromatic

#662E1D #95432A #C55938 #D48067 #E1A896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#C55938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#C55938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55938

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55938	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 89, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.146 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8b70',
    500: '#c55938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55938;
$custom-light: #dd8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.043,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59341,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55938

secondary

#8CBECD

accent

#BCDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55938

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

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