#C3523F#C3523F

#C3523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.149 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3523F
RGB	rgb(195, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 67.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 44.02, 33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 55.40, 37.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.127 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.149 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4227, 17.9990, 6.7844)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3523F #3FB0C3

analogous

#C33F6E #C3523F #C3943F

triadic

#C3523F #3FC352 #523FC3

tetradic

#C3523F #6EC33F #3FB0C3 #943FC3

square

#C3523F #6EC33F #3FB0C3 #943FC3

split-complementary

#C3523F #3FC394 #3F6EC3

monochromatic

#672B20 #963E2F #C3523F #D27C6E #E0A69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C3523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C3523F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3523F

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3523F	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)

#70663D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.149 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8674',
    500: '#c3523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3523f;
$custom-light: #dc8674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.636,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58135,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3523F

secondary

#92C4CC

accent

#C7DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3523F

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

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