#C85535#C85535

#C85535 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.154 H 36.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85535
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 43.92, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 59.92, 42.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% 0.1243 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.154 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7133, 19.0371, 5.5827)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85535 #35A8C8

analogous

#C8355F #C85535 #C89F35

triadic

#C85535 #35C855 #5535C8

tetradic

#C85535 #5FC835 #35A8C8 #9F35C8

square

#C85535 #5FC835 #35A8C8 #9F35C8

split-complementary

#C85535 #35C89F #355FC8

monochromatic

#672C1B #984028 #C85535 #D67D64 #E3A695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#C85535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#C85535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85535

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85535	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.154 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0886e',
    500: '#c85535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85535;
$custom-light: #e0886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.061,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59188,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85535

secondary

#8BBFCE

accent

#C0E146

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85535

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

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