#C3522F#C3522F

#C3522F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.153 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3522F
RGB	rgb(195, 82, 47)
HSL	hsl(14, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 75.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 43.24, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 60.37, 44.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% 0.1216 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.153 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0388, 17.8454, 4.7621)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3522F #2FA0C3

analogous

#C32F56 #C3522F #C39C2F

triadic

#C3522F #2FC352 #522FC3

tetradic

#C3522F #56C32F #2FA0C3 #9C2FC3

square

#C3522F #56C32F #2FA0C3 #9C2FC3

split-complementary

#C3522F #2FC39C #2F56C3

monochromatic

#602917 #923D23 #C3522F #D77658 #E39F8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C3522F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#C3522F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C3522F

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3522F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C3522F	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)

#71662B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3522f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 82, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.153 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8669',
    500: '#c3522f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3522f;
$custom-light: #dd8669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3522f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.189,
    "s": 61.157,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57934,
    "c": 0.15327,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3522F

secondary

#81BBCD

accent

#BEE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3522F

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

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