#C85342#C85342

#C85342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.153 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85342
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, 45.54, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 56.45, 36.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.1318 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.153 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8988, 18.8629, 7.3250)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85342 #42B7C8

analogous

#C84274 #C85342 #C89642

triadic

#C85342 #42C853 #5342C8

tetradic

#C85342 #74C842 #42B7C8 #9642C8

square

#C85342 #74C842 #42B7C8 #9642C8

split-complementary

#C85342 #42C896 #4274C8

monochromatic

#6F2A20 #9F3C2E #C85342 #D67E71 #E4A9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#C85342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#C85342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85342

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85342	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	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)

#726840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.153 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8777',
    500: '#c85342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85342;
$custom-light: #df8777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.612,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59085,
    "c": 0.15298,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85342

secondary

#96C9D0

accent

#CBDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85342

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

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