#C85140#C85140

#C85140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.155 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85140
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, 46.36, 34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 57.51, 36.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% 0.134 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.155 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6900, 18.5381, 6.9696)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85140 #40B7C8

analogous

#C84073 #C85140 #C89540

triadic

#C85140 #40C851 #5140C8

tetradic

#C85140 #73C840 #40B7C8 #9540C8

square

#C85140 #73C840 #40B7C8 #9540C8

split-complementary

#C85140 #40C895 #4073C8

monochromatic

#6E2920 #9D3B2D #C85140 #D67C70 #E3A89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#C85140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#C85140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85140

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85140	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71673E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.155 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08675',
    500: '#c85140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85140;
$custom-light: #e08675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58786,
    "c": 0.15547,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85140

secondary

#94C8D0

accent

#CCDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85140

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

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