#C8565B#C8565B

#C8565B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.146 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8565B
RGB	rgb(200, 86, 91)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(357, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, 45.85, 20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 50.03, 23.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% 0.137 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.146 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0379, 19.6938, 12.1676)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8565B #56C8C3

analogous

#C85694 #C8565B #C88A56

triadic

#C8565B #5BC856 #565BC8

tetradic

#C8565B #94C856 #56C8C3 #8A56C8

square

#C8565B #94C856 #56C8C3 #8A56C8

split-complementary

#C8565B #56C88A #5694C8

monochromatic

#7B282C #AA373C #C8565B #D78488 #E6B2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#C8565B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#C8565B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8565B

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8565B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8565B	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8565b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 86, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.146 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8a89',
    500: '#c8565b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8565b;
$custom-light: #de8a89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8565b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.368,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59947,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8565B

secondary

#A5D4D2

accent

#DAD44D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8565B

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

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