#C85253#C85253

#C85253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.151 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85253
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(359, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 47.12, 23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 52.70, 26.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.1398 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.151 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4006, 18.9421, 10.3426)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85253 #52C8C7

analogous

#C8528E #C85253 #C88C52

triadic

#C85253 #53C852 #5253C8

tetradic

#C85253 #8EC852 #52C8C7 #8C52C8

square

#C85253 #8EC852 #52C8C7 #8C52C8

split-complementary

#C85253 #52C88C #528EC8

monochromatic

#792727 #A83536 #C85253 #D78081 #E6AFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#C85253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C85253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85253

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85253	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.151 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8783',
    500: '#c85253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85253;
$custom-light: #df8783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.492,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59242,
    "c": 0.15114,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85253

secondary

#A2D4D3

accent

#DBDA4D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85253

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

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