#C8523B#C8523B

#C8523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.156 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8523B
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(10, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 45.63, 36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 58.73, 39.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% 0.1307 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.156 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6289, 18.6334, 6.2785)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8523B #3BB1C8

analogous

#C83B6A #C8523B #C8983B

triadic

#C8523B #3BC852 #523BC8

tetradic

#C8523B #6AC83B #3BB1C8 #983BC8

square

#C8523B #6AC83B #3BB1C8 #983BC8

split-complementary

#C8523B #3BC898 #3B6AC8

monochromatic

#6B2A1E #9A3D2B #C8523B #D57C6B #E3A69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C8523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C8523B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8523B

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8523B	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.156 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08772',
    500: '#c8523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8523b;
$custom-light: #e08772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.787,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5885,
    "c": 0.15563,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8523B

secondary

#90C4CF

accent

#C7DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8523B

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

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