#C85E59#C85E59

#C85E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.136 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85E59
RGB	rgb(200, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, 41.78, 23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 47.77, 29.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% 0.1239 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.136 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6277, 21.0095, 11.9443)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85E59 #59C3C8

analogous

#C8598C #C85E59 #C89659

triadic

#C85E59 #59C85E #5E59C8

tetradic

#C85E59 #8CC859 #59C3C8 #9659C8

square

#C85E59 #8CC859 #59C3C8 #9659C8

split-complementary

#C85E59 #59C896 #598CC8

monochromatic

#7D2D29 #AB3E39 #C85E59 #D78B87 #E6B7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#C85E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#C85E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85E59

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85E59	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA4D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.136 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8e88',
    500: '#c85e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85e59;
$custom-light: #de8e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.703,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61046,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85E59

secondary

#A8D3D5

accent

#D3DA4E

background

#FEF8F8

surface

#FCF0EF

border

#D5CBCA

text

#160C0B

muted

#847D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85E59

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

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