#C85543#C85543

#C85543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.151 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85543
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, 44.65, 33.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 55.67, 36.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% 0.1292 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.151 31)
XYZ	xyz(28.0837, 19.1852, 7.5334)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85543 #43B6C8

analogous

#C84374 #C85543 #C89743

triadic

#C85543 #43C855 #5543C8

tetradic

#C85543 #74C843 #43B6C8 #9743C8

square

#C85543 #74C843 #43B6C8 #9743C8

split-complementary

#C85543 #43C897 #4374C8

monochromatic

#702B21 #9F3E2F #C85543 #D68072 #E4ABA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#C85543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#C85543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85543

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85543	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.151 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8977',
    500: '#c85543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85543;
$custom-light: #df8977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.12,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59374,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.19182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85543

secondary

#96C9D0

accent

#CADE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85543

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

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