#C85A45#C85A45
#C85A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.145 H 32.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C85A45 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(200, 90, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(10, 54%, 53%) |
| HSV | hsv(10, 66%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 55%, 65.5%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(51.87, 42.34, 33.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(51.87, 53.85, 38.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(60.11% 0.1224 0.0779) |
| OKLCH | oklch(60.11% 0.145 32.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.5524, 20.0249, 7.9907) |
| Luminance | 0.2002 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Dark Salmon
#C85A53
ΔE00 4.49
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.85
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 5.04
Terracotta (survey)
#CA6641
ΔE00 5.57
Terracota
#CB6843
ΔE00 5.91
Clay
#B66A50
ΔE00 6.05
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C85A45 #45B3C8
analogous
#C84572 #C85A45 #C89B45
triadic
#C85A45 #45C85A #5A45C8
tetradic
#C85A45 #72C845 #45B3C8 #9B45C8
square
#C85A45 #72C845 #45B3C8 #9B45C8
split-complementary
#C85A45 #45C89B #4572C8
monochromatic
#712E21 #A0422F #C85A45 #D68474 #E4AEA3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
4.20
#C85A45 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.00
#C85A45 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #C85A45
5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C85A45 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C85A45 | 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)
#776D43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#928542
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DB4555
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7C7C7C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c85a45; /* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 90, 69); /* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.145 32.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#df8c79',
500: '#c85a45',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c85a45; $custom-light: #df8c79; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c85a45",
"rgb": {
"r": 200,
"g": 90,
"b": 69
},
"hsl": {
"h": 9.618,
"s": 54.357,
"l": 52.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.60111,
"c": 0.14509,
"h": 32.5
},
"luminance": 0.20021
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C85A45
secondary
#98C8D1
accent
#C6DE4A
background
#FEF8F7
surface
#FDF0ED
border
#D5CBC8
text
#160C09
muted
#847D7B