#C85960#C85960

#C85960 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.142 H 18.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85960
RGB	rgb(200, 89, 96)
HSL	hsl(356, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(356, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 52%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 44.83, 17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 48.29, 21.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.1344 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.142 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5054, 20.2721, 13.4232)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85960 #59C8C1

analogous

#C85998 #C85960 #C88A59

triadic

#C85960 #60C859 #5960C8

tetradic

#C85960 #98C859 #59C8C1 #8A59C8

square

#C85960 #98C859 #59C8C1 #8A59C8

split-complementary

#C85960 #59C88A #5998C8

monochromatic

#7D292F #AB3940 #C85960 #D7878C #E6B5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#C85960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#C85960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85960

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85960	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E855E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 89, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.142 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8b8d',
    500: '#c85960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85960;
$custom-light: #de8b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.216,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60473,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85960

secondary

#A8D5D2

accent

#DAD14E

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0F0

border

#D5CBCB

text

#160C0C

muted

#847D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85960

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

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