#C85231#C85231

#C85231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.158 H 36.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85231
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 49)
HSL	hsl(13, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, 45.17, 42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 61.83, 43.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.1274 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.158 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3940, 18.5394, 5.0411)
Luminance	0.1854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85231 #31A7C8

analogous

#C8315B #C85231 #C89E31

triadic

#C85231 #31C852 #5231C8

tetradic

#C85231 #5BC831 #31A7C8 #9E31C8

square

#C85231 #5BC831 #31A7C8 #9E31C8

split-complementary

#C85231 #31C89E #315BC8

monochromatic

#662A19 #973E25 #C85231 #D8795F #E4A290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#C85231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#C85231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85231

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85231	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)

#73672D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90812D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.158 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0876b',
    500: '#c85231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85231;
$custom-light: #e0876b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.113,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5873,
    "c": 0.15817,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85231

secondary

#86BFCE

accent

#C1E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85231

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

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