#C85838#C85838

#C85838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.151 H 36.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C85838
RGBrgb(200, 88, 56)
HSLhsl(13, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(13, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 56%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(51.32, 42.61, 39.81)
CIE-LCHlch(51.32, 58.31, 43.05°)
OKLaboklab(59.65% 0.1208 0.09)
OKLCHoklch(59.65% 0.151 36.7)
XYZxyz(28.0257, 19.5480, 6.0379)
Luminance0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C85838 #38A8C8
analogous
#C83860 #C85838 #C8A038
triadic
#C85838 #38C858 #5838C8
tetradic
#C85838 #60C838 #38A8C8 #A038C8
square
#C85838 #60C838 #38A8C8 #A038C8
split-complementary
#C85838 #38C8A0 #3860C8
monochromatic
#692E1D #99432A #C85838 #D58068 #E3A898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28
#C85838 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91
#C85838 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85838
4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C85838#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C858381.004.284.914.91
#FFFFFF4.281.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9121.001.001.00
##0000004.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#766B34
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#928435
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DB4051
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c85838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 88, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.151 36.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08a70',
    500: '#c85838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c85838;
$custom-light: #e08a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c85838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59647,
    "c": 0.15067,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C85838
secondary
#8EC0CE
accent
#BEE048
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FDF0EC
border
#D5CBC7
text
#170C07
muted
#857D7A

Preview Lab

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#C85838 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva