#D8523F#D8523F

#D8523F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.172 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8523F
RGB	rgb(216, 82, 63)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 70.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, 51.51, 38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 64.33, 36.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% 0.1481 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.172 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2368, 20.9969, 7.0570)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8523F #3FC5D8

analogous

#D83F79 #D8523F #D89F3F

triadic

#D8523F #3FD852 #523FD8

tetradic

#D8523F #79D83F #3FC5D8 #9F3FD8

square

#D8523F #79D83F #3FC5D8 #9F3FD8

split-complementary

#D8523F #3FD89F #3F79D8

monochromatic

#82271A #B53725 #D8523F #E28072 #EDAEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#D8523F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#D8523F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D8523F

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8523F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8523F	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)

#776C3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED324E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8523f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 82, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.172 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec8875',
    500: '#d8523f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8523f;
$custom-light: #ec8875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8523f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.451,
    "s": 66.234,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61401,
    "c": 0.17217,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8523F

secondary

#99D2DA

accent

#D4E93F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8523F

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

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