#C8523A#C8523A

#C8523A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.156 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8523A
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 58)
HSL	hsl(10, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 45.58, 37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 59.03, 39.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% 0.1304 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.156 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6032, 18.6231, 6.1433)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8523A #3AB0C8

analogous

#C83A69 #C8523A #C8993A

triadic

#C8523A #3AC852 #523AC8

tetradic

#C8523A #69C83A #3AB0C8 #993AC8

square

#C8523A #69C83A #3AB0C8 #993AC8

split-complementary

#C8523A #3AC899 #3A69C8

monochromatic

#6A2B1E #9A3E2B #C8523A #D57C6A #E3A69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C8523A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C8523A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8523A

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8523A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8523A	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8523a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.156 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08771',
    500: '#c8523a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8523a;
$custom-light: #e08771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8523a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.141,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58837,
    "c": 0.15588,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8523A

secondary

#8FC4CE

accent

#C6E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8523A

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

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