#C85840#C85840

#C85840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.148 H 33.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85840
RGB	rgb(200, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 43.03, 35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 55.81, 39.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.1236 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.148 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2373, 19.6326, 7.1520)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85840 #40B0C8

analogous

#C8406C #C85840 #C89C40

triadic

#C85840 #40C858 #5840C8

tetradic

#C85840 #6CC840 #40B0C8 #9C40C8

square

#C85840 #6CC840 #40B0C8 #9C40C8

split-complementary

#C85840 #40C89C #406CC8

monochromatic

#6E2D20 #9D412D #C85840 #D68270 #E3AB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#C85840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#C85840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85840

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85840	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.148 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8a75',
    500: '#c85840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85840;
$custom-light: #df8a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59751,
    "c": 0.14843,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85840

secondary

#94C5D0

accent

#C4DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85840

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

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