#C8523F#C8523F

#C8523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.155 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8523F
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 68.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 45.84, 34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 57.55, 37.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% 0.1321 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.155 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7367, 18.6765, 6.8460)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8523F #3FB5C8

analogous

#C83F71 #C8523F #C8973F

triadic

#C8523F #3FC852 #523FC8

tetradic

#C8523F #71C83F #3FB5C8 #973FC8

square

#C8523F #71C83F #3FB5C8 #973FC8

split-complementary

#C8523F #3FC897 #3F71C8

monochromatic

#6D2A1F #9D3C2D #C8523F #D67D6F #E3A89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C8523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C8523F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8523F

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8523F	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)

#71683D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F813C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.155 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08775',
    500: '#c8523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8523f;
$custom-light: #e08775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.321,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58905,
    "c": 0.15468,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8523F

secondary

#93C7D0

accent

#CADF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8523F

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

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