#C8535E#C8535E

#C8535E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.149 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8535E
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 94)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(354, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 47.52, 17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 50.67, 20.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.1426 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.149 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9354, 19.2775, 12.7847)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8535E #53C8BD

analogous

#C85398 #C8535E #C88253

triadic

#C8535E #5EC853 #535EC8

tetradic

#C8535E #98C853 #53C8BD #8253C8

square

#C8535E #98C853 #53C8BD #8253C8

split-complementary

#C8535E #53C882 #5398C8

monochromatic

#7A272F #A83640 #C8535E #D78189 #E6B0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C8535E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C8535E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8535E

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8535E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8535E	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)

#6E6A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C835B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8535e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.149 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de888b',
    500: '#c8535e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8535e;
$custom-light: #de888b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8535e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.359,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59606,
    "c": 0.14927,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8535E

secondary

#A3D4CF

accent

#DBCE4D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8535E

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

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