#C85E50#C85E50

#C85E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.138 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85E50
RGB	rgb(200, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(7, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(7, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 41.09, 28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 49.82, 34.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.1204 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.138 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2726, 20.8674, 10.0742)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85E50 #50BAC8

analogous

#C8507E #C85E50 #C89A50

triadic

#C85E50 #50C85E #5E50C8

tetradic

#C85E50 #7EC850 #50BAC8 #9A50C8

square

#C85E50 #7EC850 #50BAC8 #9A50C8

split-complementary

#C85E50 #50C89A #507EC8

monochromatic

#782F26 #A64234 #C85E50 #D7897F #E5B4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#C85E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#C85E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85E50

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85E50	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78704E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93874E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.138 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8e81',
    500: '#c85e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85e50;
$custom-light: #de8e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60877,
    "c": 0.13814,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85E50

secondary

#A1CDD3

accent

#CBDC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0EE

border

#D5CBC9

text

#160C0A

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85E50

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

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