#C85D42#C85D42

#C85D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.143 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85D42
RGB	rgb(200, 93, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(12, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 40.68, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 54.05, 41.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.1167 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.143 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7198, 20.5050, 7.5987)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85D42 #42ADC8

analogous

#C8426A #C85D42 #C8A042

triadic

#C85D42 #42C85D #5D42C8

tetradic

#C85D42 #6AC842 #42ADC8 #A042C8

square

#C85D42 #6AC842 #42ADC8 #A042C8

split-complementary

#C85D42 #42C8A0 #426AC8

monochromatic

#6F3020 #9F452E #C85D42 #D68671 #E4AEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C85D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#C85D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85D42

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85D42	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)

#796F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 93, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.143 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8e77',
    500: '#c85d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85d42;
$custom-light: #df8e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.09,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60507,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85D42

secondary

#96C4D0

accent

#C0DE4A

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85D42

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

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