#C85338#C85338

#C85338 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.155 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85338
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, 45.01, 38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 59.41, 40.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.1282 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.155 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6293, 18.7551, 5.9058)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85338 #38ADC8

analogous

#C83865 #C85338 #C89B38

triadic

#C85338 #38C853 #5338C8

tetradic

#C85338 #65C838 #38ADC8 #9B38C8

square

#C85338 #65C838 #38ADC8 #9B38C8

split-complementary

#C85338 #38C89B #3865C8

monochromatic

#692B1D #993F2A #C85338 #D57C68 #E3A698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C85338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C85338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85338

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85338	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.155 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08770',
    500: '#c85338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85338;
$custom-light: #e08770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58948,
    "c": 0.15541,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85338

secondary

#8EC2CE

accent

#C3E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85338

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

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