#C85238#C85238

#C85238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.156 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85238
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 45.48, 38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 59.64, 40.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.1297 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.156 34)
XYZ	xyz(27.5533, 18.6032, 5.8805)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85238 #38AEC8

analogous

#C83866 #C85238 #C89A38

triadic

#C85238 #38C852 #5238C8

tetradic

#C85238 #66C838 #38AEC8 #9A38C8

square

#C85238 #66C838 #38AEC8 #9A38C8

split-complementary

#C85238 #38C89A #3866C8

monochromatic

#692B1D #993E2A #C85238 #D57C68 #E3A598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C85238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C85238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85238

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85238	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)

#726735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.156 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08770',
    500: '#c85238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85238;
$custom-light: #e08770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58812,
    "c": 0.15637,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.18599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85238

secondary

#8EC2CE

accent

#C4E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85238

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

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