#C3523C#C3523C

#C3523C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.150 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3523C
RGB	rgb(195, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(10, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 69.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 43.85, 35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 56.28, 38.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1259 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.15 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3412, 17.9664, 6.3549)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3523C #3CADC3

analogous

#C33C69 #C3523C #C3963C

triadic

#C3523C #3CC352 #523CC3

tetradic

#C3523C #69C33C #3CADC3 #963CC3

square

#C3523C #69C33C #3CADC3 #963CC3

split-complementary

#C3523C #3CC396 #3C69C3

monochromatic

#652B1F #943E2E #C3523C #D17C6B #E0A59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C3523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C3523C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3523C

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3523C	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)

#706639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.150 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8672',
    500: '#c3523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3523c;
$custom-light: #dc8672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.778,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58092,
    "c": 0.14982,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3523C

secondary

#8FC2CC

accent

#C5DC4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3523C

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

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