#C85642#C85642

#C85642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.150 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85642
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, 44.11, 34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 55.70, 37.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.1273 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.15 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1333, 19.3319, 7.4032)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85642 #42B4C8

analogous

#C84271 #C85642 #C89942

triadic

#C85642 #42C856 #5642C8

tetradic

#C85642 #71C842 #42B4C8 #9942C8

square

#C85642 #71C842 #42B4C8 #9942C8

split-complementary

#C85642 #42C899 #4271C8

monochromatic

#6F2C20 #9F3F2E #C85642 #D68071 #E4ABA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#C85642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#C85642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85642

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85642	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.150 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8977',
    500: '#c85642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85642;
$custom-light: #df8977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.955,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59498,
    "c": 0.14992,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85642

secondary

#96C7D0

accent

#C8DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85642

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

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