#C85738#C85738

#C85738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.152 H 36.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85738
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 43.10, 39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 58.53, 42.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.1223 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.152 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9442, 19.3849, 6.0108)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85738 #38A9C8

analogous

#C83861 #C85738 #C89F38

triadic

#C85738 #38C857 #5738C8

tetradic

#C85738 #61C838 #38A9C8 #9F38C8

square

#C85738 #61C838 #38A9C8 #9F38C8

split-complementary

#C85738 #38C89F #3861C8

monochromatic

#692D1D #99422A #C85738 #D57F68 #E3A898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#C85738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#C85738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85738

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85738	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.152 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08a70',
    500: '#c85738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85738;
$custom-light: #e08a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59504,
    "c": 0.15161,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85738

secondary

#8EC0CE

accent

#BFE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85738

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

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