#C85E40#C85E40

#C85E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.143 H 36.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85E40
RGB	rgb(200, 94, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 40.06, 36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 54.46, 42.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% 0.1144 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.143 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7502, 20.6585, 7.3230)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85E40 #40AAC8

analogous

#C84066 #C85E40 #C8A240

triadic

#C85E40 #40C85E #5E40C8

tetradic

#C85E40 #66C840 #40AAC8 #A240C8

square

#C85E40 #66C840 #40AAC8 #A240C8

split-complementary

#C85E40 #40C8A2 #4066C8

monochromatic

#6E3120 #9D462D #C85E40 #D68670 #E3AE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#C85E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#C85E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85E40

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85E40	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94863E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 94, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.143 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8e76',
    500: '#c85e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85e40;
$custom-light: #df8e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.235,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60628,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85E40

secondary

#94C3D0

accent

#BEDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85E40

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

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