#C55B38#C55B38

#C55B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.145 H 38.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55B38
RGB	rgb(197, 91, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, 39.99, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 56.42, 44.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.113 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.145 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4835, 19.6415, 6.0845)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55B38 #38A2C5

analogous

#C5385B #C55B38 #C5A238

triadic

#C55B38 #38C55B #5B38C5

tetradic

#C55B38 #5BC538 #38A2C5 #A238C5

square

#C55B38 #5BC538 #38A2C5 #A238C5

split-complementary

#C55B38 #38C5A2 #385BC5

monochromatic

#662F1D #95452A #C55B38 #D48267 #E1A996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#C55B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#C55B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55B38

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55B38	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 91, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.145 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8c70',
    500: '#c55b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55b38;
$custom-light: #dd8c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.894,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59636,
    "c": 0.14459,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55B38

secondary

#8CBDCD

accent

#BADF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55B38

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

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