#C9553D#C9553D

#C9553D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.153 H 33.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9553D
RGB	rgb(201, 85, 61)
HSL	hsl(10, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 44.68, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 57.85, 39.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% 0.1281 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.153 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1810, 19.2551, 6.6466)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9553D #3DB1C9

analogous

#C93D6B #C9553D #C99B3D

triadic

#C9553D #3DC955 #553DC9

tetradic

#C9553D #6BC93D #3DB1C9 #9B3DC9

square

#C9553D #6BC93D #3DB1C9 #9B3DC9

split-complementary

#C9553D #3DC99B #3D6BC9

monochromatic

#6D2C1E #9D3F2C #C9553D #D67F6D #E4A99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C9553D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C9553D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9553D

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9553D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9553D	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)

#746A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9553d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 85, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.153 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08973',
    500: '#c9553d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9553d;
$custom-light: #e08973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9553d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.286,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59441,
    "c": 0.1533,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9553D

secondary

#92C5D0

accent

#C6E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9553D

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

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