#C2523A#C2523A

#C2523A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.149 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2523A
RGB	rgb(194, 82, 58)
HSL	hsl(11, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 70.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 43.38, 36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 56.45, 39.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% 0.1242 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.149 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0317, 17.8128, 6.0696)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2523A #3AAAC2

analogous

#C23A66 #C2523A #C2963A

triadic

#C2523A #3AC252 #523AC2

tetradic

#C2523A #66C23A #3AAAC2 #963AC2

square

#C2523A #66C23A #3AAAC2 #963AC2

split-complementary

#C2523A #3AC296 #3A66C2

monochromatic

#642A1E #933E2C #C2523A #D27A67 #E0A497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C2523A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C2523A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C2523A

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2523A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C2523A	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D53A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2523a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 82, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.149 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8671',
    500: '#c2523a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2523a;
$custom-light: #db8671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2523a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57911,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2523A

secondary

#8DC0CB

accent

#C3DD4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2523A

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

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