#C8532D#C8532D

#C8532D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.158 H 38.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8532D
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 45)
HSL	hsl(15, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 77.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 44.54, 44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 62.91, 44.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.1248 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.158 38)
XYZ	xyz(27.3892, 18.6591, 4.6414)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8532D #2DA2C8

analogous

#C82D54 #C8532D #C8A02D

triadic

#C8532D #2DC853 #532DC8

tetradic

#C8532D #54C82D #2DA2C8 #A02DC8

square

#C8532D #54C82D #2DA2C8 #A02DC8

split-complementary

#C8532D #2DC8A0 #2D54C8

monochromatic

#642A17 #963E22 #C8532D #DA7859 #E5A18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C8532D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C8532D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8532D

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8532D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8532D	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8532d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.158 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18768',
    500: '#c8532d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8532d;
$custom-light: #e18768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8532d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.71,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58826,
    "c": 0.15829,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.18655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8532D

secondary

#82BCCF

accent

#BEE641

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8532D

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

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