Dark Salmon#C85A53

#C85A53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.142 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Dark Salmon — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#C85A53
RGB	rgb(200, 90, 83)
HSL	hsl(4, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(4, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, 43.29, 25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 50.25, 30.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.1278 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.142 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0394, 20.2197, 10.5555)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85A53 #53C1C8

analogous

#C85386 #C85A53 #C89553

triadic

#C85A53 #53C85A #5A53C8

tetradic

#C85A53 #86C853 #53C1C8 #9553C8

square

#C85A53 #86C853 #53C1C8 #9553C8

split-complementary

#C85A53 #53C895 #5386C8

monochromatic

#7A2C27 #A83D36 #C85A53 #D78681 #E6B3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#C85A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#C85A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85A53

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85A53	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 90, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.142 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8c83',
    500: '#c85a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85a53;
$custom-light: #de8c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.59,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60348,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85A53

secondary

#A3D1D4

accent

#D2DB4D

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FDF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85A53

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

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