#C85B42#C85B42

#C85B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.145 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85B42
RGB	rgb(200, 91, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 41.67, 35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 54.51, 40.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.1198 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.145 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5465, 20.1585, 7.5409)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85B42 #42AFC8

analogous

#C8426C #C85B42 #C89E42

triadic

#C85B42 #42C85B #5B42C8

tetradic

#C85B42 #6CC842 #42AFC8 #9E42C8

square

#C85B42 #6CC842 #42AFC8 #9E42C8

split-complementary

#C85B42 #42C89E #426CC8

monochromatic

#6F2F20 #9F432E #C85B42 #D68471 #E4ADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C85B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#C85B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85B42

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85B42	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#786D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 91, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.145 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8c77',
    500: '#c85b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85b42;
$custom-light: #df8c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.194,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60212,
    "c": 0.14491,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85B42

secondary

#96C5D0

accent

#C3DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85B42

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

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