#C9523F#C9523F

#C9523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.156 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9523F
RGB	rgb(201, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.47, 46.20, 35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.47, 57.98, 37.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.1332 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.156 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0047, 18.8147, 6.8586)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9523F #3FB6C9

analogous

#C93F71 #C9523F #C9973F

triadic

#C9523F #3FC952 #523FC9

tetradic

#C9523F #71C93F #3FB6C9 #973FC9

square

#C9523F #71C93F #3FB6C9 #973FC9

split-complementary

#C9523F #3FC997 #3F71C9

monochromatic

#6F2A1F #9E3C2D #C9523F #D67D6F #E4A89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C9523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C9523F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9523F

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9523F	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)

#72683D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.156 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08775',
    500: '#c9523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9523f;
$custom-light: #e08775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.261,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5906,
    "c": 0.15579,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9523F

secondary

#94C8D0

accent

#CBDF48

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9523F

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

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