#C85942#C85942

#C85942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.147 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85942
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(10, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 42.66, 34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 54.98, 39.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.1228 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.147 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3778, 19.8211, 7.4847)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85942 #42B1C8

analogous

#C8426E #C85942 #C89C42

triadic

#C85942 #42C859 #5942C8

tetradic

#C85942 #6EC842 #42B1C8 #9C42C8

square

#C85942 #6EC842 #42B1C8 #9C42C8

split-complementary

#C85942 #42C89C #426EC8

monochromatic

#6F2E20 #9F412E #C85942 #D68371 #E4ACA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#C85942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#C85942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85942

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85942	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92843F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.147 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8b77',
    500: '#c85942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85942;
$custom-light: #df8b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.299,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59923,
    "c": 0.1469,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85942

secondary

#96C6D0

accent

#C5DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85942

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

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