#C9524C#C9524C

#C9524C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.153 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9524C
RGB	rgb(201, 82, 76)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 62.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 46.98, 27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 54.59, 30.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.138 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.153 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4118, 18.9776, 9.0030)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9524C #4CC3C9

analogous

#C94C85 #C9524C #C9914C

triadic

#C9524C #4CC952 #524CC9

tetradic

#C9524C #85C94C #4CC3C9 #914CC9

square

#C9524C #85C94C #4CC3C9 #914CC9

split-complementary

#C9524C #4CC991 #4C85C9

monochromatic

#772824 #A63832 #C9524C #D77F7B #E5ADAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C9524C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C9524C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9524C

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9524C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9524C	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70694B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9524c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 82, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.153 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0877e',
    500: '#c9524c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9524c;
$custom-light: #e0877e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9524c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.88,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59266,
    "c": 0.15321,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9524C

secondary

#9ED0D3

accent

#D6DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9524C

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

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