#C8523E#C8523E

#C8523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.155 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8523E
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 45.79, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 57.84, 37.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.1318 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.155 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7090, 18.6654, 6.7002)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8523E #3EB4C8

analogous

#C83E6F #C8523E #C8973E

triadic

#C8523E #3EC852 #523EC8

tetradic

#C8523E #6FC83E #3EB4C8 #973EC8

square

#C8523E #6FC83E #3EB4C8 #973EC8

split-complementary

#C8523E #3EC897 #3E6FC8

monochromatic

#6D2A1F #9C3D2D #C8523E #D67D6E #E3A79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C8523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C8523E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8523E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8523E	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)

#72683B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F813B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.155 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08774',
    500: '#c8523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8523e;
$custom-light: #e08774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.696,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58891,
    "c": 0.15491,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8523E

secondary

#92C7CF

accent

#C9DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8523E

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

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