#C85937#C85937

#C85937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.150 H 37.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85937
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, 42.08, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 58.43, 43.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.119 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.15 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0842, 19.7036, 5.9380)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85937 #37A6C8

analogous

#C8375D #C85937 #C8A237

triadic

#C85937 #37C859 #5937C8

tetradic

#C85937 #5DC837 #37A6C8 #A237C8

square

#C85937 #5DC837 #37A6C8 #A237C8

split-complementary

#C85937 #37C8A2 #375DC8

monochromatic

#682E1D #98442A #C85937 #D58167 #E2A997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#C85937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#C85937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85937

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85937	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.150 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08b6f',
    500: '#c85937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85937;
$custom-light: #e08b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.069,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59778,
    "c": 0.15003,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85937

secondary

#8DBFCE

accent

#BCE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85937

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

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