#C85540#C85540

#C85540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.151 H 32.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85540
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 44.48, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 56.53, 38.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.1281 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.151 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9961, 19.1502, 7.0716)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85540 #40B3C8

analogous

#C8406F #C85540 #C89940

triadic

#C85540 #40C855 #5540C8

tetradic

#C85540 #6FC840 #40B3C8 #9940C8

square

#C85540 #6FC840 #40B3C8 #9940C8

split-complementary

#C85540 #40C899 #406FC8

monochromatic

#6E2C20 #9D3F2D #C85540 #D67F70 #E3AA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C85540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#C85540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85540

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85540	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74693D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.151 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8975',
    500: '#c85540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85540;
$custom-light: #df8975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.265,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5933,
    "c": 0.15142,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85540

secondary

#94C7D0

accent

#C8DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85540

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

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