#C85142#C85142

#C85142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.155 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85142
RGB	rgb(200, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 46.48, 32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 56.96, 35.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.1347 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.155 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7479, 18.5612, 7.2747)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85142 #42B9C8

analogous

#C84276 #C85142 #C89442

triadic

#C85142 #42C851 #5142C8

tetradic

#C85142 #76C842 #42B9C8 #9442C8

square

#C85142 #76C842 #42B9C8 #9442C8

split-complementary

#C85142 #42C894 #4276C8

monochromatic

#6F2920 #9F3B2E #C85142 #D67D71 #E4A8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#C85142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#C85142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85142

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85142	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)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.155 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08677',
    500: '#c85142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85142;
$custom-light: #e08677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.716,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58815,
    "c": 0.15503,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85142

secondary

#96CAD0

accent

#CEDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85142

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

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