#C85843#C85843

#C85843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.148 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85843
RGB	rgb(200, 88, 67)
HSL	hsl(9, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 66.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, 43.20, 33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 54.92, 38.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.1247 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.148 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3249, 19.6677, 7.6138)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85843 #43B3C8

analogous

#C84370 #C85843 #C89B43

triadic

#C85843 #43C858 #5843C8

tetradic

#C85843 #70C843 #43B3C8 #9B43C8

square

#C85843 #70C843 #43B3C8 #9B43C8

split-complementary

#C85843 #43C89B #4370C8

monochromatic

#702D21 #9F402F #C85843 #D68272 #E4ACA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#C85843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#C85843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85843

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85843	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)

#756B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 88, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.148 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8a78',
    500: '#c85843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85843;
$custom-light: #df8a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59795,
    "c": 0.14764,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85843

secondary

#96C7D0

accent

#C7DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85843

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

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