#C2522E#C2522E

#C2522E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.152 H 38.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2522E
RGB	rgb(194, 82, 46)
HSL	hsl(15, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 76.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, 42.82, 42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 60.27, 44.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1202 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.152 38)
XYZ	xyz(25.7612, 17.7046, 4.6450)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2522E #2E9EC2

analogous

#C22E54 #C2522E #C29C2E

triadic

#C2522E #2EC252 #522EC2

tetradic

#C2522E #54C22E #2E9EC2 #9C2EC2

square

#C2522E #54C22E #2E9EC2 #9C2EC2

split-complementary

#C2522E #2EC29C #2E54C2

monochromatic

#5F2817 #913D22 #C2522E #D77656 #E39E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C2522E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C2522E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C2522E

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2522E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C2522E	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2522e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 82, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.152 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8669',
    500: '#c2522e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2522e;
$custom-light: #dc8669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2522e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.595,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57769,
    "c": 0.15245,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.17701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2522E

secondary

#7FBACC

accent

#BDE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2522E

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

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