#D8523E#D8523E

#D8523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.172 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8523E
RGB	rgb(216, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 71.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 51.46, 39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 64.61, 37.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% 0.1477 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.172 31)
XYZ	xyz(32.2091, 20.9858, 6.9111)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8523E #3EC4D8

analogous

#D83E77 #D8523E #D89F3E

triadic

#D8523E #3ED852 #523ED8

tetradic

#D8523E #77D83E #3EC4D8 #9F3ED8

square

#D8523E #77D83E #3EC4D8 #9F3ED8

split-complementary

#D8523E #3ED89F #3E77D8

monochromatic

#81281A #B43724 #D8523E #E28071 #EDADA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#D8523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#D8523E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D8523E

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8523E	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED324E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.172 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8874',
    500: '#d8523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8523e;
$custom-light: #ec8874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.792,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61388,
    "c": 0.17238,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.20981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8523E

secondary

#98D1D9

accent

#D3E93E

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8523E

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

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