#C3523A#C3523A

#C3523A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.150 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3523A
RGB	rgb(195, 82, 58)
HSL	hsl(11, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 70.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 43.75, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 56.88, 39.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.1252 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.15 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2893, 17.9456, 6.0817)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3523A #3AABC3

analogous

#C33A67 #C3523A #C3973A

triadic

#C3523A #3AC352 #523AC3

tetradic

#C3523A #67C33A #3AABC3 #973AC3

square

#C3523A #67C33A #3AABC3 #973AC3

split-complementary

#C3523A #3AC397 #3A67C3

monochromatic

#652A1E #943E2C #C3523A #D27B68 #E0A497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C3523A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C3523A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3523A

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3523A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3523A	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3523a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 82, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.150 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8671',
    500: '#c3523a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3523a;
$custom-light: #dc8671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3523a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.511,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58065,
    "c": 0.15033,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3523A

secondary

#8DC1CC

accent

#C4DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3523A

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

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