#C85440#C85440

#C85440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.152 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85440
RGB	rgb(200, 84, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 44.95, 34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 56.77, 37.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.1296 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.152 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9179, 18.9938, 7.0455)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85440 #40B4C8

analogous

#C84070 #C85440 #C89840

triadic

#C85440 #40C854 #5440C8

tetradic

#C85440 #70C840 #40B4C8 #9840C8

square

#C85440 #70C840 #40B4C8 #9840C8

split-complementary

#C85440 #40C898 #4070C8

monochromatic

#6E2B20 #9D3E2D #C85440 #D67F70 #E3A99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C85440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#C85440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85440

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85440	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 84, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.152 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8875',
    500: '#c85440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85440;
$custom-light: #df8875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.824,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59192,
    "c": 0.15242,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85440

secondary

#94C7D0

accent

#C9DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85440

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

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