#C85949#C85949

#C85949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.145 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85949
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.73, 43.08, 30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.73, 52.99, 35.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.1254 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.145 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5970, 19.9087, 8.6389)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85949 #49B8C8

analogous

#C84978 #C85949 #C89849

triadic

#C85949 #49C859 #5949C8

tetradic

#C85949 #78C849 #49B8C8 #9849C8

square

#C85949 #78C849 #49B8C8 #9849C8

split-complementary

#C85949 #49C898 #4978C8

monochromatic

#742D23 #A33F31 #C85949 #D68478 #E4AFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#C85949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#C85949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85949

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85949	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)

#756C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.145 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8b7c',
    500: '#c85949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85949;
$custom-light: #df8b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.559,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6003,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85949

secondary

#9BCBD2

accent

#CBDD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85949

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

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