#C9524D#C9524D

#C9524D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.153 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9524D
RGB	rgb(201, 82, 77)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 61.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 47.05, 27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 54.37, 30.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1384 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.153 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4469, 18.9916, 9.1875)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9524D #4DC4C9

analogous

#C94D86 #C9524D #C9904D

triadic

#C9524D #4DC952 #524DC9

tetradic

#C9524D #86C94D #4DC4C9 #904DC9

square

#C9524D #86C94D #4DC4C9 #904DC9

split-complementary

#C9524D #4DC990 #4D86C9

monochromatic

#772824 #A63732 #C9524D #D7807C #E5ADAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C9524D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#C9524D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9524D

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9524D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9524D	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70694C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E824A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9524d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 82, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.153 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0877f',
    500: '#c9524d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9524d;
$custom-light: #e0877f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9524d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.419,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59284,
    "c": 0.15304,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9524D

secondary

#9FD1D3

accent

#D7DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9524D

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

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