#C2522F#C2522F

#C2522F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.152 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2522F
RGB	rgb(194, 82, 47)
HSL	hsl(14, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 75.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 42.86, 41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 59.95, 44.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1205 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.152 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7812, 17.7126, 4.7501)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2522F #2F9FC2

analogous

#C22F55 #C2522F #C29C2F

triadic

#C2522F #2FC252 #522FC2

tetradic

#C2522F #55C22F #2F9FC2 #9C2FC2

square

#C2522F #55C22F #2F9FC2 #9C2FC2

split-complementary

#C2522F #2FC29C #2F55C2

monochromatic

#5F2817 #913D23 #C2522F #D67658 #E29E89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C2522F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C2522F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C2522F

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2522F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C2522F	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71652B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2522f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 82, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.152 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8669',
    500: '#c2522f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2522f;
$custom-light: #dc8669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2522f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.286,
    "s": 60.996,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57779,
    "c": 0.15218,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2522F

secondary

#81BACC

accent

#BEE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2522F

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

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