#C85235#C85235

#C85235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.157 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85235
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 53)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 45.34, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 60.57, 41.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1287 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.157 35)
XYZ	xyz(27.4821, 18.5747, 5.5056)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85235 #35ABC8

analogous

#C83561 #C85235 #C89C35

triadic

#C85235 #35C852 #5235C8

tetradic

#C85235 #61C835 #35ABC8 #9C35C8

square

#C85235 #61C835 #35ABC8 #9C35C8

split-complementary

#C85235 #35C89C #3561C8

monochromatic

#672A1B #983E28 #C85235 #D67B64 #E3A495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C85235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#C85235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85235

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85235	1.00	4.45	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.45	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)

#726731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.157 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0876e',
    500: '#c85235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85235;
$custom-light: #e0876e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.837,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58775,
    "c": 0.15714,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.18571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85235

secondary

#8BC1CE

accent

#C3E146

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85235

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

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