#C7523B#C7523B

#C7523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.155 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7523B
RGB	rgb(199, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(10, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 45.27, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 58.30, 39.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% 0.1297 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.155 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3626, 18.4961, 6.2661)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7523B #3BB0C7

analogous

#C73B6A #C7523B #C7983B

triadic

#C7523B #3BC752 #523BC7

tetradic

#C7523B #6AC73B #3BB0C7 #983BC7

square

#C7523B #6AC73B #3BB0C7 #983BC7

split-complementary

#C7523B #3BC798 #3B6AC7

monochromatic

#692B1E #993E2C #C7523B #D57C6B #E2A69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C7523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C7523B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C7523B

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7523B	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.155 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8772',
    500: '#c7523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7523b;
$custom-light: #df8772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58696,
    "c": 0.15453,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7523B

secondary

#90C4CE

accent

#C6DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7523B

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

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