#C85837#C85837

#C85837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.151 H 37.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85837
RGB	rgb(200, 88, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, 42.56, 40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 58.63, 43.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.1205 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.151 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0015, 19.5383, 5.9104)
Luminance	0.1953 (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

#C85837 #37A7C8

analogous

#C8375F #C85837 #C8A037

triadic

#C85837 #37C858 #5837C8

tetradic

#C85837 #5FC837 #37A7C8 #A037C8

square

#C85837 #5FC837 #37A7C8 #A037C8

split-complementary

#C85837 #37C8A0 #375FC8

monochromatic

#682E1D #98432A #C85837 #D58067 #E2A897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C85837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#C85837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85837

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85837	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)

#776B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 88, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.151 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08a6f',
    500: '#c85837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85837;
$custom-light: #e08a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.655,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59635,
    "c": 0.15096,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85837

secondary

#8DBFCE

accent

#BDE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85837

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

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