#C9553B#C9553B

#C9553B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.154 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9553B
RGB	rgb(201, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.96, 44.58, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.96, 58.46, 40.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.1274 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.154 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1281, 19.2340, 6.3682)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9553B #3BAFC9

analogous

#C93B68 #C9553B #C99C3B

triadic

#C9553B #3BC955 #553BC9

tetradic

#C9553B #68C93B #3BAFC9 #9C3BC9

square

#C9553B #68C93B #3BAFC9 #9C3BC9

split-complementary

#C9553B #3BC99C #3B68C9

monochromatic

#6C2C1E #9C402B #C9553B #D67F6B #E3A89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C9553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C9553B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9553B

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9553B	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.154 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08972',
    500: '#c9553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9553b;
$custom-light: #e08972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.986,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59414,
    "c": 0.15381,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9553B

secondary

#90C4CF

accent

#C4E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9553B

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

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