#C8554B#C8554B

#C8554B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.149 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8554B
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 75)
HSL	hsl(5, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 62.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 45.15, 28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 53.55, 32.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.1322 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.149 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3405, 19.2880, 8.8858)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8554B #4BBEC8

analogous

#C84B80 #C8554B #C8944B

triadic

#C8554B #4BC855 #554BC8

tetradic

#C8554B #80C84B #4BBEC8 #944BC8

square

#C8554B #80C84B #4BBEC8 #944BC8

split-complementary

#C8554B #4BC894 #4B80C8

monochromatic

#752A24 #A43B32 #C8554B #D6817A #E5AEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#C8554B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#C8554B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8554B

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8554B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8554B	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8554b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.149 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df897d',
    500: '#c8554b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8554b;
$custom-light: #df897d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8554b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59502,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8554B

secondary

#9DCED2

accent

#D1DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8554B

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

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