#C85240#C85240

#C85240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.154 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85240
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.32, 45.90, 34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.32, 57.27, 36.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.1325 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.154 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7649, 18.6878, 6.9945)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85240 #40B6C8

analogous

#C84072 #C85240 #C89640

triadic

#C85240 #40C852 #5240C8

tetradic

#C85240 #72C840 #40B6C8 #9640C8

square

#C85240 #72C840 #40B6C8 #9640C8

split-complementary

#C85240 #40C896 #4072C8

monochromatic

#6E2A20 #9D3C2D #C85240 #D67D70 #E3A89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#C85240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#C85240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85240

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85240	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F813D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.154 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08775',
    500: '#c85240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85240;
$custom-light: #e08775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.941,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5892,
    "c": 0.15445,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85240

secondary

#94C8D0

accent

#CBDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85240

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

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