#C8525D#C8525D

#C8525D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.151 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8525D
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 93)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(354, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, 47.90, 17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 51.15, 20.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.1437 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.151 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8149, 19.1078, 12.5246)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8525D #52C8BD

analogous

#C85298 #C8525D #C88252

triadic

#C8525D #5DC852 #525DC8

tetradic

#C8525D #98C852 #52C8BD #8252C8

square

#C8525D #98C852 #52C8BD #8252C8

split-complementary

#C8525D #52C882 #5298C8

monochromatic

#79272E #A83540 #C8525D #D78088 #E6AFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#C8525D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C8525D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8525D

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8525D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8525D	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B825A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8525d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.151 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de878a',
    500: '#c8525d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8525d;
$custom-light: #de878a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8525d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.407,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59451,
    "c": 0.15053,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8525D

secondary

#A2D4CF

accent

#DBCE4D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8525D

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

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