#C8525E#C8525E

#C8525E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.151 H 16.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8525E
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 94)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(354, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, 47.99, 17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 51.03, 19.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.1441 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.151 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8594, 19.1256, 12.7594)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8525E #52C8BC

analogous

#C85299 #C8525E #C88152

triadic

#C8525E #5EC852 #525EC8

tetradic

#C8525E #99C852 #52C8BC #8152C8

square

#C8525E #99C852 #52C8BC #8152C8

split-complementary

#C8525E #52C881 #5299C8

monochromatic

#79272F #A83541 #C8525E #D78089 #E6AFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C8525E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#C8525E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8525E

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8525E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8525E	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	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)

#6D6A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B825B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8525e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.151 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de878b',
    500: '#c8525e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8525e;
$custom-light: #de878b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8525e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.898,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59473,
    "c": 0.15051,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8525E

secondary

#A2D4CF

accent

#DBCD4D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8525E

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

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