#C85242#C85242

#C85242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.154 H 30.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85242
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 46.01, 33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 56.70, 35.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1332 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.154 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8228, 18.7110, 7.2997)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85242 #42B8C8

analogous

#C84275 #C85242 #C89542

triadic

#C85242 #42C852 #5242C8

tetradic

#C85242 #75C842 #42B8C8 #9542C8

square

#C85242 #75C842 #42B8C8 #9542C8

split-complementary

#C85242 #42C895 #4275C8

monochromatic

#6F2A20 #9F3C2E #C85242 #D67D71 #E4A9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#C85242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#C85242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85242

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85242	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)

#716840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E813F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.154 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8777',
    500: '#c85242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85242;
$custom-light: #df8777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.164,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58949,
    "c": 0.15401,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85242

secondary

#96C9D0

accent

#CCDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85242

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

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