#C8536C#C8536C

#C8536C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.150 H 9.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8536C
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 108)
HSL	hsl(347, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(347, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 46%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 48.79, 9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 49.74, 11.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% 0.1481 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.15 9.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6216, 19.5520, 16.3984)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8536C #53C8AF

analogous

#C853A7 #C8536C #C87453

triadic

#C8536C #6CC853 #536CC8

tetradic

#C8536C #A7C853 #53C8AF #7453C8

square

#C8536C #A7C853 #53C8AF #7453C8

split-complementary

#C8536C #53C874 #53A7C8

monochromatic

#7A2739 #A8364E #C8536C #D78194 #E6B0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C8536C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#C8536C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8536C

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8536C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8536C	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8536c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.150 9.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8895',
    500: '#c8536c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8536c;
$custom-light: #dd8895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8536c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.179,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59947,
    "c": 0.15019,
    "h": 9.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8536C

secondary

#A3D4C9

accent

#DBBD4D

background

#FEF8F9

surface

#FCF0F1

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0D

muted

#847D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8536C

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

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