#C8535B#C8535B

#C8535B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.149 H 18.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8535B
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 91)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(356, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 47.27, 19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 51.06, 22.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1415 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.149 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8034, 19.2247, 12.0895)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8535B #53C8C0

analogous

#C85396 #C8535B #C88553

triadic

#C8535B #5BC853 #535BC8

tetradic

#C8535B #96C853 #53C8C0 #8553C8

square

#C8535B #96C853 #53C8C0 #8553C8

split-complementary

#C8535B #53C885 #5396C8

monochromatic

#7A272D #A8363E #C8535B #D78187 #E6B0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#C8535B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#C8535B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8535B

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8535B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8535B	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8535b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.149 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8889',
    500: '#c8535b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8535b;
$custom-light: #de8889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8535b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.897,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5954,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8535B

secondary

#A3D4D0

accent

#DBD14D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8535B

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

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