#C85038#C85038

#C85038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.158 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85038
RGB	rgb(200, 80, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 46.42, 38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 60.10, 39.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% 0.1326 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.158 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4047, 18.3059, 5.8309)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85038 #38B0C8

analogous

#C83868 #C85038 #C89838

triadic

#C85038 #38C850 #5038C8

tetradic

#C85038 #68C838 #38B0C8 #9838C8

square

#C85038 #68C838 #38B0C8 #9838C8

split-complementary

#C85038 #38C898 #3868C8

monochromatic

#692A1D #993D2A #C85038 #D57A68 #E3A498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C85038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#C85038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85038

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85038	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 80, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.158 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08570',
    500: '#c85038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85038;
$custom-light: #e08570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58544,
    "c": 0.15832,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85038

secondary

#8EC3CE

accent

#C7E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85038

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

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