#C85742#C85742

#C85742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.149 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85742
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, 43.63, 34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 55.46, 38.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.1258 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.149 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2137, 19.4927, 7.4300)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85742 #42B3C8

analogous

#C84270 #C85742 #C89A42

triadic

#C85742 #42C857 #5742C8

tetradic

#C85742 #70C842 #42B3C8 #9A42C8

square

#C85742 #70C842 #42B3C8 #9A42C8

split-complementary

#C85742 #42C89A #4270C8

monochromatic

#6F2D20 #9F402E #C85742 #D68171 #E4ABA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C85742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#C85742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85742

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85742	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.149 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8a77',
    500: '#c85742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85742;
$custom-light: #df8a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.403,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59638,
    "c": 0.14891,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85742

secondary

#96C7D0

accent

#C7DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85742

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

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