#C85537#C85537

#C85537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.154 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85537
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 44.01, 39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 59.28, 42.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.125 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.154 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7603, 19.0559, 5.8300)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85537 #37AAC8

analogous

#C83761 #C85537 #C89E37

triadic

#C85537 #37C855 #5537C8

tetradic

#C85537 #61C837 #37AAC8 #9E37C8

square

#C85537 #61C837 #37AAC8 #9E37C8

split-complementary

#C85537 #37C89E #3761C8

monochromatic

#682C1D #98412A #C85537 #D57E67 #E2A797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#C85537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#C85537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85537

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85537	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)

#746933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.154 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0886f',
    500: '#c85537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85537;
$custom-light: #e0886f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.414,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59211,
    "c": 0.15377,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85537

secondary

#8DC0CE

accent

#C1E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85537

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

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