#C8553D#C8553D

#C8553D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.152 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8553D
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 61)
HSL	hsl(10, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 44.31, 36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 57.42, 39.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.127 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.152 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9130, 19.1169, 6.6341)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8553D #3DB0C8

analogous

#C83D6A #C8553D #C89A3D

triadic

#C8553D #3DC855 #553DC8

tetradic

#C8553D #6AC83D #3DB0C8 #9A3DC8

square

#C8553D #6AC83D #3DB0C8 #9A3DC8

split-complementary

#C8553D #3DC89A #3D6AC8

monochromatic

#6C2C1F #9C3F2C #C8553D #D67F6D #E3A99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C8553D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C8553D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8553D

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8553D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8553D	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	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)

#74693A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90823A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8553d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.152 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08973',
    500: '#c8553d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8553d;
$custom-light: #e08973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8553d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.36,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59288,
    "c": 0.15218,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8553D

secondary

#92C5CF

accent

#C5DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8553D

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

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