#C85B39#C85B39

#C85B39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.148 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85B39
RGB	rgb(200, 91, 57)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 41.19, 39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 57.36, 44.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.1166 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.148 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3018, 20.0605, 6.2518)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85B39 #39A6C8

analogous

#C8395E #C85B39 #C8A339

triadic

#C85B39 #39C85B #5B39C8

tetradic

#C85B39 #5EC839 #39A6C8 #A339C8

square

#C85B39 #5EC839 #39A6C8 #A339C8

split-complementary

#C85B39 #39C8A3 #395EC8

monochromatic

#692F1D #99452B #C85B39 #D58369 #E3AA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#C85B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#C85B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85B39

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85B39	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)

#796D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 91, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.148 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08c71',
    500: '#c85b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85b39;
$custom-light: #e08c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.266,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60093,
    "c": 0.14759,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85B39

secondary

#8FBFCE

accent

#BCE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85B39

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

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