#C85137#C85137

#C85137 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.158 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85137
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, 45.91, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 60.17, 40.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% 0.1308 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.158 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4543, 18.4438, 5.7280)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85137 #37AEC8

analogous

#C83765 #C85137 #C89A37

triadic

#C85137 #37C851 #5137C8

tetradic

#C85137 #65C837 #37AEC8 #9A37C8

square

#C85137 #65C837 #37AEC8 #9A37C8

split-complementary

#C85137 #37C89A #3765C8

monochromatic

#682A1D #983E2A #C85137 #D57B67 #E2A597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C85137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C85137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85137

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85137	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.158 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0866f',
    500: '#c85137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85137;
$custom-light: #e0866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.759,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58665,
    "c": 0.15759,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85137

secondary

#8DC2CE

accent

#C5E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85137

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

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