#C85557#C85557

#C85557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.147 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85557
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 46.01, 22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 51.02, 25.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.1369 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.147 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7907, 19.4680, 11.2566)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85557 #55C8C6

analogous

#C85590 #C85557 #C88D55

triadic

#C85557 #57C855 #5557C8

tetradic

#C85557 #90C855 #55C8C6 #8D55C8

square

#C85557 #90C855 #55C8C6 #8D55C8

split-complementary

#C85557 #55C88D #5590C8

monochromatic

#7B2829 #A93739 #C85557 #D78385 #E6B1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C85557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#C85557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85557

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85557	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#716B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.147 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8986',
    500: '#c85557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85557;
$custom-light: #de8986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.957,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59727,
    "c": 0.14723,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85557

secondary

#A5D4D3

accent

#DBD84D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85557

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

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