#C85C40#C85C40

#C85C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.145 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85C40
RGB	rgb(200, 92, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, 41.06, 36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 54.90, 41.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1175 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.145 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5747, 20.3074, 7.2645)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85C40 #40ACC8

analogous

#C84068 #C85C40 #C8A040

triadic

#C85C40 #40C85C #5C40C8

tetradic

#C85C40 #68C840 #40ACC8 #A040C8

square

#C85C40 #68C840 #40ACC8 #A040C8

split-complementary

#C85C40 #40C8A0 #4068C8

monochromatic

#6E3020 #9D442D #C85C40 #D68570 #E3AD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#C85C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#C85C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85C40

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85C40	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 92, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.145 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8d76',
    500: '#c85c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85c40;
$custom-light: #df8d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.353,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60331,
    "c": 0.14452,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85C40

secondary

#94C3D0

accent

#C0DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85C40

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

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