#C85243#C85243

#C85243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.154 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85243
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 46.07, 32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 56.43, 35.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1336 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.154 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8525, 18.7229, 7.4563)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85243 #43B9C8

analogous

#C84376 #C85243 #C89543

triadic

#C85243 #43C852 #5243C8

tetradic

#C85243 #76C843 #43B9C8 #9543C8

square

#C85243 #76C843 #43B9C8 #9543C8

split-complementary

#C85243 #43C895 #4376C8

monochromatic

#702A21 #9F3B2F #C85243 #D67E72 #E4A9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#C85243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#C85243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85243

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85243	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)

#716841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.154 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8777',
    500: '#c85243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85243;
$custom-light: #df8777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.767,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58964,
    "c": 0.15379,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85243

secondary

#96CAD0

accent

#CDDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85243

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

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