#D8524C#D8524C

#D8524C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.170 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8524C
RGB	rgb(216, 82, 76)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 64.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 52.21, 31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 60.93, 31.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% 0.1528 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.17 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6439, 21.1597, 9.2014)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8524C #4CD2D8

analogous

#D84C8C #D8524C #D8984C

triadic

#D8524C #4CD852 #524CD8

tetradic

#D8524C #8CD84C #4CD2D8 #984CD8

square

#D8524C #8CD84C #4CD2D8 #984CD8

split-complementary

#D8524C #4CD898 #4C8CD8

monochromatic

#8B231E #BE3029 #D8524C #E3837E #EEB3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#D8524C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#D8524C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D8524C

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8524C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8524C	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	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)

#756D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EC3552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8524c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 82, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.170 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb887e',
    500: '#d8524c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8524c;
$custom-light: #eb887e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8524c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.571,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61592,
    "c": 0.1698,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8524C

secondary

#A4DADC

accent

#E0E741

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8524C

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

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