#C85638#C85638

#C85638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.153 H 35.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85638
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 43.58, 39.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 58.74, 42.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.1238 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.153 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8638, 19.2241, 5.9840)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85638 #38AAC8

analogous

#C83862 #C85638 #C89E38

triadic

#C85638 #38C856 #5638C8

tetradic

#C85638 #62C838 #38AAC8 #9E38C8

square

#C85638 #62C838 #38AAC8 #9E38C8

split-complementary

#C85638 #38C89E #3862C8

monochromatic

#692D1D #99412A #C85638 #D57F68 #E3A798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#C85638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#C85638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85638

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85638	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)

#756A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.153 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08970',
    500: '#c85638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85638;
$custom-light: #e08970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59363,
    "c": 0.15255,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85638

secondary

#8EC1CE

accent

#C0E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85638

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

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