#C8523C#C8523C

#C8523C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.155 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8523C
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 70%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.27, 45.68, 36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.27, 58.43, 38.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.1311 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.155 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6551, 18.6439, 6.4164)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8523C #3CB2C8

analogous

#C83C6C #C8523C #C8983C

triadic

#C8523C #3CC852 #523CC8

tetradic

#C8523C #6CC83C #3CB2C8 #983CC8

square

#C8523C #6CC83C #3CB2C8 #983CC8

split-complementary

#C8523C #3CC898 #3C6CC8

monochromatic

#6B2A1E #9B3D2C #C8523C #D57C6C #E3A79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C8523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C8523C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8523C

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8523C	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)

#726739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.155 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08772',
    500: '#c8523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8523c;
$custom-light: #e08772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58864,
    "c": 0.15539,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8523C

secondary

#91C5CF

accent

#C8DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8523C

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

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