#C85559#C85559

#C85559 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.147 H 20.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85559
RGB	rgb(200, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(358, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.27, 46.17, 20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.27, 50.68, 24.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.1377 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.147 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8735, 19.5012, 11.6929)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85559 #55C8C4

analogous

#C85592 #C85559 #C88A55

triadic

#C85559 #59C855 #5559C8

tetradic

#C85559 #92C855 #55C8C4 #8A55C8

square

#C85559 #92C855 #55C8C4 #8A55C8

split-complementary

#C85559 #55C88A #5592C8

monochromatic

#7B282B #A9373B #C85559 #D78386 #E6B1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C85559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#C85559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85559

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85559	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.147 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8987',
    500: '#c85559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85559;
$custom-light: #de8987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.913,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59768,
    "c": 0.14706,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85559

secondary

#A5D4D3

accent

#DBD64D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85559

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

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