#C8523D#C8523D

#C8523D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.155 H 32.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8523D
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 61)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 45.74, 35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 58.13, 38.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.1314 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.155 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6818, 18.6546, 6.5570)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8523D #3DB3C8

analogous

#C83D6D #C8523D #C8973D

triadic

#C8523D #3DC852 #523DC8

tetradic

#C8523D #6DC83D #3DB3C8 #973DC8

square

#C8523D #6DC83D #3DB3C8 #973DC8

split-complementary

#C8523D #3DC897 #3D6DC8

monochromatic

#6C2A1F #9C3D2C #C8523D #D67D6D #E3A79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C8523D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C8523D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8523D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8523D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8523D	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)

#72683A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F813A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8523d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.155 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08773',
    500: '#c8523d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8523d;
$custom-light: #e08773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8523d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.065,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58877,
    "c": 0.15516,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8523D

secondary

#92C6CF

accent

#C8DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8523D

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

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