#C85A39#C85A39

#C85A39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.149 H 37.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85A39
RGB	rgb(200, 90, 57)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 41.68, 39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 57.57, 43.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% 0.1181 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.149 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2169, 19.8907, 6.2235)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85A39 #39A7C8

analogous

#C8395F #C85A39 #C8A139

triadic

#C85A39 #39C85A #5A39C8

tetradic

#C85A39 #5FC839 #39A7C8 #A139C8

square

#C85A39 #5FC839 #39A7C8 #A139C8

split-complementary

#C85A39 #39C8A1 #395FC8

monochromatic

#692F1D #99442B #C85A39 #D58269 #E3AA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#C85A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#C85A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85A39

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85A39	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)

#786C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 90, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.149 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08c71',
    500: '#c85a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85a39;
$custom-light: #e08c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59947,
    "c": 0.14851,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85A39

secondary

#8FC0CE

accent

#BDE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85A39

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

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