#C3523B#C3523B

#C3523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.150 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3523B
RGB	rgb(195, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(10, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 43.80, 35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 56.58, 39.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.1256 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.15 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3150, 17.9559, 6.2170)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3523B #3BACC3

analogous

#C33B68 #C3523B #C3963B

triadic

#C3523B #3BC352 #523BC3

tetradic

#C3523B #68C33B #3BACC3 #963BC3

square

#C3523B #68C33B #3BACC3 #963BC3

split-complementary

#C3523B #3BC396 #3B68C3

monochromatic

#652A1F #943E2D #C3523B #D27B69 #E0A598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C3523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C3523B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3523B

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3523B	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	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)

#706638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.150 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8672',
    500: '#c3523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3523b;
$custom-light: #dc8672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.147,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58079,
    "c": 0.15008,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3523B

secondary

#8EC1CC

accent

#C4DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3523B

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

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