#C85757#C85757

#C85757 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.145 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85757
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, 45.05, 22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 50.37, 26.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.1339 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.145 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9503, 19.7874, 11.3098)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85757 #57C8C8

analogous

#C85790 #C85757 #C89057

triadic

#C85757 #57C857 #5757C8

tetradic

#C85757 #90C857 #57C8C8 #9057C8

square

#C85757 #90C857 #57C8C8 #9057C8

split-complementary

#C85757 #57C890 #5790C8

monochromatic

#7C2929 #AA3838 #C85757 #D78585 #E6B3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#C85757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#C85757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85757

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85757	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.145 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8a86',
    500: '#c85757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85757;
$custom-light: #de8a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60002,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85757

secondary

#A6D5D5

accent

#DADA4E

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85757

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

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