#C85A37#C85A37

#C85A37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.149 H 38.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85A37
RGB	rgb(200, 90, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, 41.58, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 58.22, 44.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% 0.1175 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.149 38)
XYZ	xyz(28.1679, 19.8712, 5.9659)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85A37 #37A5C8

analogous

#C8375C #C85A37 #C8A337

triadic

#C85A37 #37C85A #5A37C8

tetradic

#C85A37 #5CC837 #37A5C8 #A337C8

square

#C85A37 #5CC837 #37A5C8 #A337C8

split-complementary

#C85A37 #37C8A3 #375CC8

monochromatic

#682F1D #98442A #C85A37 #D58267 #E2A997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#C85A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#C85A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85A37

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85A37	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 90, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.149 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08b6f',
    500: '#c85a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85a37;
$custom-light: #e08b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.483,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59923,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.19868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85A37

secondary

#8DBECE

accent

#BBE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85A37

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

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