#C85541#C85541

#C85541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.151 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85541
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 67.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 44.53, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 56.24, 37.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% 0.1284 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.151 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0248, 19.1617, 7.2228)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85541 #41B4C8

analogous

#C84171 #C85541 #C89941

triadic

#C85541 #41C855 #5541C8

tetradic

#C85541 #71C841 #41B4C8 #9941C8

square

#C85541 #71C841 #41B4C8 #9941C8

split-complementary

#C85541 #41C899 #4171C8

monochromatic

#6F2C20 #9E3E2E #C85541 #D67F70 #E3AAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C85541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#C85541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85541

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85541	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)

#736A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.151 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8976',
    500: '#c85541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85541;
$custom-light: #df8976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59344,
    "c": 0.15117,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85541

secondary

#95C7D0

accent

#C8DE49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85541

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

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