#C8552F#C8552F

#C8552F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.156 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8552F
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 47)
HSL	hsl(15, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 76.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 43.67, 43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 61.85, 45.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.1224 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.156 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5839, 18.9853, 4.9008)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8552F #2FA2C8

analogous

#C82F55 #C8552F #C8A12F

triadic

#C8552F #2FC855 #552FC8

tetradic

#C8552F #55C82F #2FA2C8 #A12FC8

square

#C8552F #55C82F #2FA2C8 #A12FC8

split-complementary

#C8552F #2FC8A1 #2F55C8

monochromatic

#652B18 #964023 #C8552F #D97B5C #E4A38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C8552F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#C8552F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8552F

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8552F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8552F	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75692A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8552f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.156 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0886a',
    500: '#c8552f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8552f;
$custom-light: #e0886a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8552f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.902,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59123,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8552F

secondary

#84BCCF

accent

#BDE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8552F

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

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