#C8505E#C8505E

#C8505E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.153 H 16.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8505E
RGB	rgb(200, 80, 94)
HSL	hsl(353, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(353, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, 48.91, 16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 51.74, 19.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.147 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.153 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7108, 18.8284, 12.7098)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8505E #50C8BA

analogous

#C8509A #C8505E #C87E50

triadic

#C8505E #5EC850 #505EC8

tetradic

#C8505E #9AC850 #50C8BA #7E50C8

square

#C8505E #9AC850 #50C8BA #7E50C8

split-complementary

#C8505E #50C87E #509AC8

monochromatic

#78262F #A63442 #C8505E #D77F89 #E5ADB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C8505E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C8505E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8505E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8505E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8505E	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C695E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A815B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8505e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 80, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.153 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de868b',
    500: '#c8505e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8505e;
$custom-light: #de868b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8505e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59212,
    "c": 0.15299,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8505E

secondary

#A1D3CD

accent

#DCCB4C

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160B0C

muted

#847C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8505E

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

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