#C85853#C85853

#C85853 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.144 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85853
RGB	rgb(200, 88, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(3, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 44.27, 25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 50.85, 29.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.1308 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.144 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8730, 19.8869, 10.5000)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85853 #53C3C8

analogous

#C85388 #C85853 #C89253

triadic

#C85853 #53C858 #5853C8

tetradic

#C85853 #88C853 #53C3C8 #9253C8

square

#C85853 #88C853 #53C3C8 #9253C8

split-complementary

#C85853 #53C892 #5388C8

monochromatic

#7A2A27 #A83B36 #C85853 #D78581 #E6B2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#C85853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#C85853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85853

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85853	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 88, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.144 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8b83',
    500: '#c85853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85853;
$custom-light: #de8b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.564,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60064,
    "c": 0.14424,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85853

secondary

#A3D2D4

accent

#D5DB4D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85853

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

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