#C55D3E#C55D3E

#C55D3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.141 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55D3E
RGB	rgb(197, 93, 62)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 39.30, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 54.04, 43.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.112 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.141 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8124, 20.0502, 6.9620)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55D3E #3EA6C5

analogous

#C53E62 #C55D3E #C5A03E

triadic

#C55D3E #3EC55D #5D3EC5

tetradic

#C55D3E #62C53E #3EA6C5 #A03EC5

square

#C55D3E #62C53E #3EA6C5 #A03EC5

split-complementary

#C55D3E #3EC5A0 #3E62C5

monochromatic

#693020 #98462E #C55D3E #D3846D #E1AC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#C55D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#C55D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55D3E

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55D3E	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 93, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.141 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d74',
    500: '#c55d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55d3e;
$custom-light: #dd8d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.778,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60012,
    "c": 0.14083,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55D3E

secondary

#91C0CD

accent

#BCDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55D3E

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

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