#C9525D#C9525D

#C9525D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.152 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9525D
RGB	rgb(201, 82, 93)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(354, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 53.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 48.25, 18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 51.56, 20.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.1447 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.152 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0829, 19.2460, 12.5371)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9525D #52C9BE

analogous

#C95298 #C9525D #C98252

triadic

#C9525D #5DC952 #525DC9

tetradic

#C9525D #98C952 #52C9BE #8252C9

square

#C9525D #98C952 #52C9BE #8252C9

split-complementary

#C9525D #52C982 #5298C9

monochromatic

#7A262E #A93540 #C9525D #D88189 #E6AFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C9525D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C9525D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9525D

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9525D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9525D	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C835A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9525d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 82, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.152 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df878a',
    500: '#c9525d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9525d;
$custom-light: #df878a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9525d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.454,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59603,
    "c": 0.15164,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9525D

secondary

#A3D4D0

accent

#DCCF4C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9525D

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

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