#C3522E#C3522E

#C3522E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.154 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3522E
RGB	rgb(195, 82, 46)
HSL	hsl(14, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 76.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 43.19, 42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 60.70, 44.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1213 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.154 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0188, 17.8375, 4.6571)
Luminance	0.1783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3522E #2E9FC3

analogous

#C32E54 #C3522E #C39D2E

triadic

#C3522E #2EC352 #522EC3

tetradic

#C3522E #54C32E #2E9FC3 #9D2EC3

square

#C3522E #54C32E #2E9FC3 #9D2EC3

split-complementary

#C3522E #2EC39D #2E54C3

monochromatic

#602817 #913D22 #C3522E #D77657 #E39E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C3522E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C3522E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C3522E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3522E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C3522E	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3522e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 82, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.154 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8669',
    500: '#c3522e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3522e;
$custom-light: #dd8669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3522e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.497,
    "s": 61.826,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57923,
    "c": 0.15354,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3522E

secondary

#80BACD

accent

#BEE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3522E

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

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