#C8524D#C8524D

#C8524D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.152 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8524D
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 77)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 61.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, 46.70, 27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 53.94, 30.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% 0.1374 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.152 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1789, 18.8534, 9.1749)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8524D #4DC3C8

analogous

#C84D86 #C8524D #C8904D

triadic

#C8524D #4DC852 #524DC8

tetradic

#C8524D #86C84D #4DC3C8 #904DC8

square

#C8524D #86C84D #4DC3C8 #904DC8

split-complementary

#C8524D #4DC890 #4D86C8

monochromatic

#762824 #A53833 #C8524D #D67F7C #E5ADAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#C8524D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#C8524D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8524D

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8524D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8524D	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70684C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D824A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8524d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.152 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df877f',
    500: '#c8524d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8524d;
$custom-light: #df877f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8524d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.439,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5913,
    "c": 0.15192,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8524D

secondary

#9ED0D2

accent

#D6DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8524D

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

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