#D8524B#D8524B

#D8524B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.170 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8524B
RGB	rgb(216, 82, 75)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 65.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 52.15, 31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 61.17, 31.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% 0.1524 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.17 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6094, 21.1459, 9.0197)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8524B #4BD1D8

analogous

#D84B8A #D8524B #D8994B

triadic

#D8524B #4BD852 #524BD8

tetradic

#D8524B #8AD84B #4BD1D8 #994BD8

square

#D8524B #8AD84B #4BD1D8 #994BD8

split-complementary

#D8524B #4BD899 #4B8AD8

monochromatic

#8B231E #BD3029 #D8524B #E3827D #EEB3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#D8524B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#D8524B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D8524B

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8524B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8524B	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED3551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8524b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 82, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.170 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb887d',
    500: '#d8524b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8524b;
$custom-light: #eb887d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8524b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.979,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61576,
    "c": 0.16995,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8524B

secondary

#A3D9DC

accent

#DFE740

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8524B

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

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