#C85138#C85138

#C85138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.157 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85138
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, 45.95, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 59.87, 39.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.1311 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.157 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4785, 18.4535, 5.8555)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85138 #38AFC8

analogous

#C83867 #C85138 #C89938

triadic

#C85138 #38C851 #5138C8

tetradic

#C85138 #67C838 #38AFC8 #9938C8

square

#C85138 #67C838 #38AFC8 #9938C8

split-complementary

#C85138 #38C899 #3867C8

monochromatic

#692A1D #993D2A #C85138 #D57B68 #E3A598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C85138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C85138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85138

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85138	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)

#716735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.157 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08670',
    500: '#c85138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85138;
$custom-light: #e08670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.417,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58677,
    "c": 0.15734,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85138

secondary

#8EC3CE

accent

#C6E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85138

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

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