#C85437#C85437

#C85437 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.155 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85437
RGB	rgb(200, 84, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 44.49, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 59.50, 41.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.1264 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.155 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6821, 18.8995, 5.8040)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85437 #37ABC8

analogous

#C83762 #C85437 #C89D37

triadic

#C85437 #37C854 #5437C8

tetradic

#C85437 #62C837 #37ABC8 #9D37C8

square

#C85437 #62C837 #37ABC8 #9D37C8

split-complementary

#C85437 #37C89D #3762C8

monochromatic

#682C1D #98402A #C85437 #D57D67 #E2A697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#C85437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#C85437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85437

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85437	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 84, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.155 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0886f',
    500: '#c85437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85437;
$custom-light: #e0886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59073,
    "c": 0.15472,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85437

secondary

#8DC1CE

accent

#C2E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85437

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

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