#C8535C#C8535C

#C8535C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.149 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8535C
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 92)
HSL	hsl(355, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(355, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 54%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 47.35, 18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 50.92, 21.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.1418 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.149 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8468, 19.2421, 12.3182)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8535C #53C8BF

analogous

#C85396 #C8535C #C88553

triadic

#C8535C #5CC853 #535CC8

tetradic

#C8535C #96C853 #53C8BF #8553C8

square

#C8535C #96C853 #53C8BF #8553C8

split-complementary

#C8535C #53C885 #5396C8

monochromatic

#7A272D #A8363F #C8535C #D78188 #E6B0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C8535C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C8535C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8535C

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8535C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8535C	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6A5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8535c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.149 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de888a',
    500: '#c8535c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8535c;
$custom-light: #de888a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8535c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59562,
    "c": 0.14931,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8535C

secondary

#A3D4D0

accent

#DBD04D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8535C

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

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