#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
RGB	rgb(200, 88, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 42.61, 39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 58.31, 43.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.1208 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.151 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0257, 19.5480, 6.0379)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##C85838	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)

#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

Preview with #C85838

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

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