#C85B38#C85B38

#C85B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.148 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85B38
RGB	rgb(200, 91, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 41.14, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 57.69, 44.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.1163 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.148 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2771, 20.0507, 6.1217)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85B38 #38A5C8

analogous

#C8385D #C85B38 #C8A338

triadic

#C85B38 #38C85B #5B38C8

tetradic

#C85B38 #5DC838 #38A5C8 #A338C8

square

#C85B38 #5DC838 #38A5C8 #A338C8

split-complementary

#C85B38 #38C8A3 #385DC8

monochromatic

#692F1D #99452A #C85B38 #D58368 #E3AA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#C85B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#C85B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85B38

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85B38	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)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 91, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.148 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08c70',
    500: '#c85b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85b38;
$custom-light: #e08c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60081,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85B38

secondary

#8EBECE

accent

#BBE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85B38

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

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