#C85555#C85555

#C85555 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.147 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85555
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.19, 45.86, 23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.19, 51.38, 26.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% 0.1361 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.147 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7101, 19.4358, 10.8322)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85555 #55C8C8

analogous

#C8558E #C85555 #C88E55

triadic

#C85555 #55C855 #5555C8

tetradic

#C85555 #8EC855 #55C8C8 #8E55C8

square

#C85555 #8EC855 #55C8C8 #8E55C8

split-complementary

#C85555 #55C88E #558EC8

monochromatic

#7B2828 #A93737 #C85555 #D78383 #E6B1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#C85555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#C85555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85555

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85555	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.147 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8985',
    500: '#c85555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85555;
$custom-light: #de8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59687,
    "c": 0.14744,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85555

secondary

#A5D4D4

accent

#DBDB4D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85555

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

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