#C85D40#C85D40

#C85D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.144 H 36.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85D40
RGB	rgb(200, 93, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, 40.56, 36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 54.68, 42.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.116 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.144 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6619, 20.4818, 7.2935)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85D40 #40ABC8

analogous

#C84067 #C85D40 #C8A140

triadic

#C85D40 #40C85D #5D40C8

tetradic

#C85D40 #67C840 #40ABC8 #A140C8

square

#C85D40 #67C840 #40ABC8 #A140C8

split-complementary

#C85D40 #40C8A1 #4067C8

monochromatic

#6E3020 #9D452D #C85D40 #D68570 #E3AE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C85D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#C85D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85D40

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85D40	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 93, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.144 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8d76',
    500: '#c85d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85d40;
$custom-light: #df8d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.794,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60479,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85D40

secondary

#94C3D0

accent

#BFDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85D40

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

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