#C55C3E#C55C3E

#C55C3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.142 H 36.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55C3E
RGB	rgb(197, 92, 62)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(13, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 39.81, 36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 54.25, 42.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.1136 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.142 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7252, 19.8758, 6.9329)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55C3E #3EA7C5

analogous

#C53E63 #C55C3E #C59F3E

triadic

#C55C3E #3EC55C #5C3EC5

tetradic

#C55C3E #63C53E #3EA7C5 #9F3EC5

square

#C55C3E #63C53E #3EA7C5 #9F3EC5

split-complementary

#C55C3E #3EC59F #3E63C5

monochromatic

#693020 #98452E #C55C3E #D3846D #E1AB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#C55C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#C55C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55C3E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55C3E	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 92, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.142 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d74',
    500: '#c55c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55c3e;
$custom-light: #dd8d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59862,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55C3E

secondary

#91C0CD

accent

#BDDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55C3E

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

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