#C85553#C85553

#C85553 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.148 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85553
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.16, 45.71, 24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.16, 51.77, 28.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.1353 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.148 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6318, 19.4045, 10.4196)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85553 #53C6C8

analogous

#C8538B #C85553 #C89053

triadic

#C85553 #53C855 #5553C8

tetradic

#C85553 #8BC853 #53C6C8 #9053C8

square

#C85553 #8BC853 #53C6C8 #9053C8

split-complementary

#C85553 #53C890 #538BC8

monochromatic

#7A2827 #A83836 #C85553 #D78381 #E6B1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#C85553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#C85553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85553

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85553	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.148 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8983',
    500: '#c85553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85553;
$custom-light: #de8983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.026,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59648,
    "c": 0.14768,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85553

secondary

#A3D3D4

accent

#D9DB4D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85553

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

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