#C85B3B#C85B3B

#C85B3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.147 H 37.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85B3B
RGB	rgb(200, 91, 59)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, 41.29, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 56.71, 43.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% 0.1173 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.147 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3527, 20.0809, 6.5198)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85B3B #3BA8C8

analogous

#C83B61 #C85B3B #C8A13B

triadic

#C85B3B #3BC85B #5B3BC8

tetradic

#C85B3B #61C83B #3BA8C8 #A13BC8

square

#C85B3B #61C83B #3BA8C8 #A13BC8

split-complementary

#C85B3B #3BC8A1 #3B61C8

monochromatic

#6B2F1E #9A452B #C85B3B #D5836B #E3AB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#C85B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#C85B3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85B3B

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85B3B	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 91, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.147 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8c72',
    500: '#c85b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85b3b;
$custom-light: #df8c72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.617,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60118,
    "c": 0.14698,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85B3B

secondary

#90C0CF

accent

#BDDF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85B3B

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

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