#C85F40#C85F40

#C85F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.142 H 37.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C85F40
RGB	rgb(200, 95, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, 39.56, 37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 54.25, 43.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.78% 0.1129 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(60.78% 0.142 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8397, 20.8375, 7.3528)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C85F40 #40A9C8

analogous

#C84065 #C85F40 #C8A340

triadic

#C85F40 #40C85F #5F40C8

tetradic

#C85F40 #65C840 #40A9C8 #A340C8

square

#C85F40 #65C840 #40A9C8 #A340C8

split-complementary

#C85F40 #40C8A3 #4065C8

monochromatic

#6E3220 #9D472D #C85F40 #D68770 #E3AF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#C85F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#C85F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C85F40

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C85F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C85F40	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)

#7B703D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c85f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 95, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.142 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8f76',
    500: '#c85f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c85f40;
$custom-light: #df8f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c85f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.676,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60778,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C85F40

secondary

#94C2D0

accent

#BDDF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C85F40

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

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