#C85737#C85737

#C85737 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.152 H 36.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85737
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 55)
HSL	hsl(13, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 43.05, 40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 58.85, 42.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.122 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.152 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9200, 19.3752, 5.8833)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85737 #37A8C8

analogous

#C83760 #C85737 #C89F37

triadic

#C85737 #37C857 #5737C8

tetradic

#C85737 #60C837 #37A8C8 #9F37C8

square

#C85737 #60C837 #37A8C8 #9F37C8

split-complementary

#C85737 #37C89F #3760C8

monochromatic

#682D1D #98422A #C85737 #D57F67 #E2A897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#C85737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#C85737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85737

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85737	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	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)

#766A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.152 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08a6f',
    500: '#c85737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85737;
$custom-light: #e08a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.241,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59492,
    "c": 0.1519,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85737

secondary

#8DC0CE

accent

#BEE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85737

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

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