#C85343#C85343

#C85343 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.153 H 30.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85343
RGB	rgb(200, 83, 67)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 45.60, 32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 56.17, 35.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% 0.1321 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.153 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9285, 18.8748, 7.4816)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85343 #43B8C8

analogous

#C84376 #C85343 #C89643

triadic

#C85343 #43C853 #5343C8

tetradic

#C85343 #76C843 #43B8C8 #9643C8

square

#C85343 #76C843 #43B8C8 #9643C8

split-complementary

#C85343 #43C896 #4376C8

monochromatic

#702A21 #9F3C2F #C85343 #D67E72 #E4AAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#C85343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#C85343 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85343

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85343	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)

#726841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 83, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.153 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8777',
    500: '#c85343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85343;
$custom-light: #df8777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.218,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.591,
    "c": 0.15275,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85343

secondary

#96C9D0

accent

#CCDE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85343

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

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