#C85B40#C85B40

#C85B40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.145 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85B40
RGB	rgb(200, 91, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 41.56, 36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 55.12, 41.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% 0.119 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.146 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4886, 20.1353, 7.2358)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85B40 #40ADC8

analogous

#C84069 #C85B40 #C89F40

triadic

#C85B40 #40C85B #5B40C8

tetradic

#C85B40 #69C840 #40ADC8 #9F40C8

square

#C85B40 #69C840 #40ADC8 #9F40C8

split-complementary

#C85B40 #40C89F #4069C8

monochromatic

#6E2F20 #9D442D #C85B40 #D68470 #E3AD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C85B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#C85B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85B40

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85B40	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 91, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.145 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8c76',
    500: '#c85b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85b40;
$custom-light: #df8c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.912,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60184,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85B40

secondary

#94C4D0

accent

#C1DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85B40

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

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