#C9523D#C9523D

#C9523D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.156 H 32.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9523D
RGB	rgb(201, 82, 61)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, 46.10, 36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 58.56, 38.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% 0.1325 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.156 32)
XYZ	xyz(27.9498, 18.7928, 6.5696)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9523D #3DB4C9

analogous

#C93D6E #C9523D #C9983D

triadic

#C9523D #3DC952 #523DC9

tetradic

#C9523D #6EC93D #3DB4C9 #983DC9

square

#C9523D #6EC93D #3DB4C9 #983DC9

split-complementary

#C9523D #3DC998 #3D6EC9

monochromatic

#6D2A1E #9D3D2C #C9523D #D67D6D #E4A79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C9523D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C9523D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9523D

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9523D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9523D	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9523d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 82, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.156 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18773',
    500: '#c9523d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9523d;
$custom-light: #e18773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9523d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59032,
    "c": 0.15626,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.18789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9523D

secondary

#92C7D0

accent

#C9E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9523D

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

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