#C8553A#C8553A

#C8553A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.153 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8553A
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 58)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 44.16, 38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 58.34, 40.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.126 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.153 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8344, 19.0855, 6.2203)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8553A #3AADC8

analogous

#C83A66 #C8553A #C89C3A

triadic

#C8553A #3AC855 #553AC8

tetradic

#C8553A #66C83A #3AADC8 #9C3AC8

square

#C8553A #66C83A #3AADC8 #9C3AC8

split-complementary

#C8553A #3AC89C #3A66C8

monochromatic

#6A2C1E #9A402B #C8553A #D57E6A #E3A89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#C8553A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C8553A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8553A

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8553A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8553A	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8553a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.153 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08871',
    500: '#c8553a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8553a;
$custom-light: #e08871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8553a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.408,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59249,
    "c": 0.15297,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8553A

secondary

#8FC2CE

accent

#C3E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8553A

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

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