#C8553B#C8553B

#C8553B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.153 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8553B
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, 44.21, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 58.03, 40.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% 0.1263 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.153 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8601, 19.0958, 6.3556)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8553B #3BAEC8

analogous

#C83B67 #C8553B #C89B3B

triadic

#C8553B #3BC855 #553BC8

tetradic

#C8553B #67C83B #3BAEC8 #9B3BC8

square

#C8553B #67C83B #3BAEC8 #9B3BC8

split-complementary

#C8553B #3BC89B #3B67C8

monochromatic

#6B2C1E #9A402B #C8553B #D57E6B #E3A89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#C8553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C8553B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8553B

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8553B	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)

#746938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.153 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08872',
    500: '#c8553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8553b;
$custom-light: #e08872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.064,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59262,
    "c": 0.1527,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8553B

secondary

#90C3CF

accent

#C4DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8553B

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

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