#C86242#C86242

#C86242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.138 H 38.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C86242
RGB	rgb(200, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(14, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 38.15, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 52.98, 43.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.1089 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.138 38)
XYZ	xyz(29.1731, 21.4116, 7.7498)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C86242 #42A8C8

analogous

#C84265 #C86242 #C8A542

triadic

#C86242 #42C862 #6242C8

tetradic

#C86242 #65C842 #42A8C8 #A542C8

square

#C86242 #65C842 #42A8C8 #A542C8

split-complementary

#C86242 #42C8A5 #4265C8

monochromatic

#6F3320 #9F492E #C86242 #D68971 #E4B1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#C86242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#C86242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C86242

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C86242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C86242	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c86242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.138 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9177',
    500: '#c86242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c86242;
$custom-light: #df9177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c86242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.328,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61263,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.21408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C86242

secondary

#96C2D0

accent

#BBDE4A

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C86242

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

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