#C85255#C85255

#C85255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.151 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85255
RGB	rgb(200, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(358, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 47.27, 22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 52.34, 25.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1406 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.151 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4789, 18.9734, 10.7551)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85255 #52C8C5

analogous

#C85290 #C85255 #C88A52

triadic

#C85255 #55C852 #5255C8

tetradic

#C85255 #90C852 #52C8C5 #8A52C8

square

#C85255 #90C852 #52C8C5 #8A52C8

split-complementary

#C85255 #52C88A #5290C8

monochromatic

#792729 #A83538 #C85255 #D78083 #E6AFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C85255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#C85255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85255

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85255	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	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)

#6F6954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.151 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8784',
    500: '#c85255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85255;
$custom-light: #de8784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.475,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59282,
    "c": 0.15094,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85255

secondary

#A2D4D2

accent

#DBD84D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85255

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

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