#D8523C#D8523C

#D8523C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.173 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8523C
RGB	rgb(216, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 72.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, 51.37, 40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 65.19, 38.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% 0.1471 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.173 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1552, 20.9643, 6.6274)
Luminance	0.2096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8523C #3CC2D8

analogous

#D83C74 #D8523C #D8A03C

triadic

#D8523C #3CD852 #523CD8

tetradic

#D8523C #74D83C #3CC2D8 #A03CD8

square

#D8523C #74D83C #3CC2D8 #A03CD8

split-complementary

#D8523C #3CD8A0 #3C74D8

monochromatic

#80281A #B33824 #D8523C #E27F6F #ECACA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#D8523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#D8523C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D8523C

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8523C	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED324E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.173 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8873',
    500: '#d8523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8523c;
$custom-light: #ec8873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.462,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61363,
    "c": 0.1728,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8523C

secondary

#97D0D9

accent

#D1EA3E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8523C

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

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