#C85A42#C85A42

#C85A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.146 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85A42
RGB	rgb(200, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 42.16, 34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 54.74, 39.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.1213 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.146 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4616, 19.9886, 7.5126)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85A42 #42B0C8

analogous

#C8426D #C85A42 #C89D42

triadic

#C85A42 #42C85A #5A42C8

tetradic

#C85A42 #6DC842 #42B0C8 #9D42C8

square

#C85A42 #6DC842 #42B0C8 #9D42C8

split-complementary

#C85A42 #42C89D #426DC8

monochromatic

#6F2E20 #9F422E #C85A42 #D68371 #E4ADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C85A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C85A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85A42

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85A42	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92853F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.146 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8c77',
    500: '#c85a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85a42;
$custom-light: #df8c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.746,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60067,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85A42

secondary

#96C6D0

accent

#C4DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85A42

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

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