#C8513E#C8513E

#C8513E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.156 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8513E
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 62)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 46.26, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 58.08, 37.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.1332 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.156 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6341, 18.5157, 6.6752)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8513E #3EB5C8

analogous

#C83E70 #C8513E #C8963E

triadic

#C8513E #3EC851 #513EC8

tetradic

#C8513E #70C83E #3EB5C8 #963EC8

square

#C8513E #70C83E #3EB5C8 #963EC8

split-complementary

#C8513E #3EC896 #3E70C8

monochromatic

#6D2A1F #9C3C2D #C8513E #D67C6E #E3A79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C8513E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C8513E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8513E

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8513E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8513E	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)

#71673C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8513e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.156 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08674',
    500: '#c8513e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8513e;
$custom-light: #e08674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8513e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.261,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58757,
    "c": 0.15592,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8513E

secondary

#92C7CF

accent

#CADF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8513E

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

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