#C85237#C85237

#C85237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.157 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85237
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 45.44, 39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 59.95, 40.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.1294 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.157 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5291, 18.5935, 5.7530)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85237 #37ADC8

analogous

#C83765 #C85237 #C89A37

triadic

#C85237 #37C852 #5237C8

tetradic

#C85237 #65C837 #37ADC8 #9A37C8

square

#C85237 #65C837 #37ADC8 #9A37C8

split-complementary

#C85237 #37C89A #3765C8

monochromatic

#682B1D #983E2A #C85237 #D57C67 #E2A597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C85237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C85237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85237

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85237	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.157 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0876f',
    500: '#c85237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85237;
$custom-light: #e0876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.172,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58799,
    "c": 0.15663,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85237

secondary

#8DC2CE

accent

#C4E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85237

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

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