#C85835#C85835

#C85835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.152 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85835
RGB	rgb(200, 88, 53)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, 42.47, 41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 59.28, 44.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.1198 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.152 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9545, 19.5195, 5.6631)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85835 #35A5C8

analogous

#C8355B #C85835 #C8A235

triadic

#C85835 #35C858 #5835C8

tetradic

#C85835 #5BC835 #35A5C8 #A235C8

square

#C85835 #5BC835 #35A5C8 #A235C8

split-complementary

#C85835 #35C8A2 #355BC8

monochromatic

#672D1B #984328 #C85835 #D67F64 #E3A795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C85835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#C85835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85835

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85835	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	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)

#776B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 88, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.152 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08a6e',
    500: '#c85835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85835;
$custom-light: #e08a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.286,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59612,
    "c": 0.15154,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85835

secondary

#8BBECE

accent

#BCE146

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85835

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

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