#C8524E#C8524E

#C8524E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.152 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8524E
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 78)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 61%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 46.76, 26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 53.72, 29.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1378 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.152 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2144, 18.8676, 9.3623)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8524E #4EC4C8

analogous

#C84E87 #C8524E #C88F4E

triadic

#C8524E #4EC852 #524EC8

tetradic

#C8524E #87C84E #4EC4C8 #8F4EC8

square

#C8524E #87C84E #4EC4C8 #8F4EC8

split-complementary

#C8524E #4EC88F #4E87C8

monochromatic

#772825 #A53733 #C8524E #D7807D #E5ADAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#C8524E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#C8524E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8524E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8524E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8524E	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)

#70694D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D824B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8524e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.152 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df877f',
    500: '#c8524e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8524e;
$custom-light: #df877f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8524e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.967,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59148,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8524E

secondary

#9FD1D3

accent

#D7DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8524E

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

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