#C8553C#C8553C

#C8553C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.152 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8553C
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 60)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, 44.26, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 57.72, 39.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1267 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.152 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8863, 19.1063, 6.4935)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8553C #3CAFC8

analogous

#C83C69 #C8553C #C89B3C

triadic

#C8553C #3CC855 #553CC8

tetradic

#C8553C #69C83C #3CAFC8 #9B3CC8

square

#C8553C #69C83C #3CAFC8 #9B3CC8

split-complementary

#C8553C #3CC89B #3C69C8

monochromatic

#6B2C1E #9B402C #C8553C #D57F6C #E3A89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#C8553C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C8553C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8553C

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8553C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8553C	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)

#746939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8553c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.152 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08873',
    500: '#c8553c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8553c;
$custom-light: #e08873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8553c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59275,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8553C

secondary

#91C4CF

accent

#C4DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8553C

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

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