#C85442#C85442

#C85442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.152 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85442
RGB	rgb(200, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 45.07, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 56.20, 36.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.1303 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.152 31)
XYZ	xyz(27.9758, 19.0170, 7.3507)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85442 #42B6C8

analogous

#C84273 #C85442 #C89742

triadic

#C85442 #42C854 #5442C8

tetradic

#C85442 #73C842 #42B6C8 #9742C8

square

#C85442 #73C842 #42B6C8 #9742C8

split-complementary

#C85442 #42C897 #4273C8

monochromatic

#6F2B20 #9F3D2E #C85442 #D67F71 #E4AAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#C85442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#C85442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85442

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85442	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	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)

#736940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.152 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8877',
    500: '#c85442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85442;
$custom-light: #df8877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.06,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59221,
    "c": 0.15195,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.19013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85442

secondary

#96C8D0

accent

#CADE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85442

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

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