#C3523E#C3523E

#C3523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.149 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3523E
RGB	rgb(195, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 43.96, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 55.69, 37.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% 0.1266 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.149 32)
XYZ	xyz(26.3950, 17.9879, 6.6386)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3523E #3EAFC3

analogous

#C33E6C #C3523E #C3953E

triadic

#C3523E #3EC352 #523EC3

tetradic

#C3523E #6CC33E #3EAFC3 #953EC3

square

#C3523E #6CC33E #3EAFC3 #953EC3

split-complementary

#C3523E #3EC395 #3E6CC3

monochromatic

#672B20 #953E2E #C3523E #D27C6D #E0A69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C3523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C3523E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3523E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3523E	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70663C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.149 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8674',
    500: '#c3523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3523e;
$custom-light: #dc8674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.023,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58121,
    "c": 0.14932,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.17984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3523E

secondary

#91C3CC

accent

#C6DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3523E

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

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