#C85B37#C85B37

#C85B37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.148 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85B37
RGB	rgb(200, 91, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 41.09, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 58.02, 44.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.1159 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.148 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2529, 20.0410, 5.9942)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85B37 #37A4C8

analogous

#C8375B #C85B37 #C8A437

triadic

#C85B37 #37C85B #5B37C8

tetradic

#C85B37 #5BC837 #37A4C8 #A437C8

square

#C85B37 #5BC837 #37A4C8 #A437C8

split-complementary

#C85B37 #37C8A4 #375BC8

monochromatic

#682F1D #98452A #C85B37 #D58267 #E2AA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#C85B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#C85B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85B37

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85B37	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 91, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.148 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08c6f',
    500: '#c85b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85b37;
$custom-light: #e08c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.897,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60069,
    "c": 0.14821,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85B37

secondary

#8DBECE

accent

#BAE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85B37

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

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