#C85740#C85740

#C85740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.149 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85740
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 43.51, 35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 56.05, 39.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.1251 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.149 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1557, 19.4695, 7.1248)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85740 #40B1C8

analogous

#C8406D #C85740 #C89B40

triadic

#C85740 #40C857 #5740C8

tetradic

#C85740 #6DC840 #40B1C8 #9B40C8

square

#C85740 #6DC840 #40B1C8 #9B40C8

split-complementary

#C85740 #40C89B #406DC8

monochromatic

#6E2D20 #9D402D #C85740 #D68170 #E3AB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C85740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#C85740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85740

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85740	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.149 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8a75',
    500: '#c85740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85740;
$custom-light: #df8a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.147,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5961,
    "c": 0.14942,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85740

secondary

#94C6D0

accent

#C5DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85740

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

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