#C85836#C85836

#C85836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.151 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85836
RGB	rgb(200, 88, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 42.52, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 58.96, 43.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.1202 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.151 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9778, 19.5288, 5.7855)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85836 #36A6C8

analogous

#C8365D #C85836 #C8A136

triadic

#C85836 #36C858 #5836C8

tetradic

#C85836 #5DC836 #36A6C8 #A136C8

square

#C85836 #5DC836 #36A6C8 #A136C8

split-complementary

#C85836 #36C8A1 #365DC8

monochromatic

#682E1C #984329 #C85836 #D68066 #E3A896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C85836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#C85836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85836

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85836	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 88, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.151 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08a6f',
    500: '#c85836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85836;
$custom-light: #e08a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.973,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59623,
    "c": 0.15125,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85836

secondary

#8CBFCE

accent

#BDE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85836

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

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