#C85656#C85656

#C85656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.146 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85656
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 45.45, 22.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 50.88, 26.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% 0.135 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.146 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8294, 19.6104, 11.0693)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85656 #56C8C8

analogous

#C8568F #C85656 #C88F56

triadic

#C85656 #56C856 #5656C8

tetradic

#C85656 #8FC856 #56C8C8 #8F56C8

square

#C85656 #8FC856 #56C8C8 #8F56C8

split-complementary

#C85656 #56C88F #568FC8

monochromatic

#7B2828 #AA3737 #C85656 #D78484 #E6B2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#C85656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#C85656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85656

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85656	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.146 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8985',
    500: '#c85656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85656;
$custom-light: #de8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59844,
    "c": 0.14615,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85656

secondary

#A5D4D4

accent

#DADA4D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85656

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

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