#C8553E#C8553E

#C8553E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.152 H 33.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8553E
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(10, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 44.37, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 57.12, 39.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.1274 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.152 33)
XYZ	xyz(27.9402, 19.1278, 6.7772)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8553E #3EB1C8

analogous

#C83E6C #C8553E #C89A3E

triadic

#C8553E #3EC855 #553EC8

tetradic

#C8553E #6CC83E #3EB1C8 #9A3EC8

square

#C8553E #6CC83E #3EB1C8 #9A3EC8

split-complementary

#C8553E #3EC89A #3E6CC8

monochromatic

#6D2C1F #9C3F2D #C8553E #D67F6E #E3A99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C8553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C8553E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8553E

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8553E	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)

#74693B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.152 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08974',
    500: '#c8553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8553e;
$custom-light: #e08974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59302,
    "c": 0.15192,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.19124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8553E

secondary

#92C5CF

accent

#C6DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8553E

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

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