#C85438#C85438

#C85438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.154 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85438
RGB	rgb(200, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, 44.54, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 59.19, 41.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.1268 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.154 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7063, 18.9092, 5.9315)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85438 #38ACC8

analogous

#C83864 #C85438 #C89C38

triadic

#C85438 #38C854 #5438C8

tetradic

#C85438 #64C838 #38ACC8 #9C38C8

square

#C85438 #64C838 #38ACC8 #9C38C8

split-complementary

#C85438 #38C89C #3864C8

monochromatic

#692C1D #99402A #C85438 #D57D68 #E3A698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#C85438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#C85438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85438

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85438	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)

#746835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.154 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08870',
    500: '#c85438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85438;
$custom-light: #e08870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.667,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59085,
    "c": 0.15445,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85438

secondary

#8EC2CE

accent

#C2E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85438

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

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