#C4523F#C4523F

#C4523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.150 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4523F
RGB	rgb(196, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 67.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 44.39, 33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 55.83, 37.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.128 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.15 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6820, 18.1327, 6.7966)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4523F #3FB1C4

analogous

#C43F6F #C4523F #C4943F

triadic

#C4523F #3FC452 #523FC4

tetradic

#C4523F #6FC43F #3FB1C4 #943FC4

square

#C4523F #6FC43F #3FB1C4 #943FC4

split-complementary

#C4523F #3FC494 #3F6FC4

monochromatic

#682A20 #973D2E #C4523F #D27C6E #E1A69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C4523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C4523F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4523F

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4523F	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70673D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.150 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8674',
    500: '#c4523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4523f;
$custom-light: #dd8674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 52.988,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58289,
    "c": 0.1502,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4523F

secondary

#92C4CD

accent

#C8DC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4523F

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

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