#C85340#C85340

#C85340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.153 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85340
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 45.43, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 57.02, 37.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.131 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.153 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8408, 18.8397, 7.0199)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85340 #40B5C8

analogous

#C84071 #C85340 #C89740

triadic

#C85340 #40C853 #5340C8

tetradic

#C85340 #71C840 #40B5C8 #9740C8

square

#C85340 #71C840 #40B5C8 #9740C8

split-complementary

#C85340 #40C897 #4071C8

monochromatic

#6E2B20 #9D3D2D #C85340 #D67E70 #E3A99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C85340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#C85340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85340

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85340	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.153 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08775',
    500: '#c85340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85340;
$custom-light: #e08775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.382,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59055,
    "c": 0.15344,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85340

secondary

#94C7D0

accent

#CADF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85340

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

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