#C85539#C85539

#C85539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.153 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85539
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 57)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, 44.11, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 58.65, 41.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% 0.1256 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.153 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8092, 19.0754, 6.0876)
Luminance	0.1907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85539 #39ACC8

analogous

#C83964 #C85539 #C89C39

triadic

#C85539 #39C855 #5539C8

tetradic

#C85539 #64C839 #39ACC8 #9C39C8

square

#C85539 #64C839 #39ACC8 #9C39C8

split-complementary

#C85539 #39C89C #3964C8

monochromatic

#692C1D #99402B #C85539 #D57E69 #E3A799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#C85539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#C85539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85539

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85539	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)

#746936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.153 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08870',
    500: '#c85539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85539;
$custom-light: #e08870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.748,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59236,
    "c": 0.15324,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85539

secondary

#8FC2CE

accent

#C2E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85539

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

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