#C8524A#C8524A

#C8524A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.152 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8524A
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 74)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 63%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.47, 46.50, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.47, 54.63, 31.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% 0.1363 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.152 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0754, 18.8120, 8.6299)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8524A #4AC0C8

analogous

#C84A81 #C8524A #C8914A

triadic

#C8524A #4AC852 #524AC8

tetradic

#C8524A #81C84A #4AC0C8 #914AC8

square

#C8524A #81C84A #4AC0C8 #914AC8

split-complementary

#C8524A #4AC891 #4A81C8

monochromatic

#742823 #A33932 #C8524A #D67F79 #E5ACA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C8524A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C8524A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8524A

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8524A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8524A	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8524a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.152 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df877c',
    500: '#c8524a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8524a;
$custom-light: #df877c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8524a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.81,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59078,
    "c": 0.15241,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8524A

secondary

#9CCED2

accent

#D4DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8524A

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

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