#C85538#C85538

#C85538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.153 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85538
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, 44.06, 39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 58.96, 41.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.1253 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.154 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7845, 19.0656, 5.9575)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85538 #38ABC8

analogous

#C83863 #C85538 #C89D38

triadic

#C85538 #38C855 #5538C8

tetradic

#C85538 #63C838 #38ABC8 #9D38C8

square

#C85538 #63C838 #38ABC8 #9D38C8

split-complementary

#C85538 #38C89D #3863C8

monochromatic

#692C1D #99402A #C85538 #D57E68 #E3A798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#C85538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#C85538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85538

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85538	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	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)

#746935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.153 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08870',
    500: '#c85538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85538;
$custom-light: #e08870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.083,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59224,
    "c": 0.1535,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85538

secondary

#8EC1CE

accent

#C1E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85538

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

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