#C85542#C85542

#C85542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.151 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85542
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, 44.59, 33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 55.95, 37.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.1288 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.151 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0540, 19.1733, 7.3767)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85542 #42B5C8

analogous

#C84272 #C85542 #C89842

triadic

#C85542 #42C855 #5542C8

tetradic

#C85542 #72C842 #42B5C8 #9842C8

square

#C85542 #72C842 #42B5C8 #9842C8

split-complementary

#C85542 #42C898 #4272C8

monochromatic

#6F2C20 #9F3E2E #C85542 #D68071 #E4AAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#C85542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#C85542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85542

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85542	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	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)

#736A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.151 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8977',
    500: '#c85542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85542;
$custom-light: #df8977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.507,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59359,
    "c": 0.15093,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85542

secondary

#96C8D0

accent

#C9DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85542

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

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