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#C8595E

#c8595e ≈ Indian Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Warm
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#c8595e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.43% red, 34.9% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 55.5% magenta, 53% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 357.3°, with 50.23% saturation and 56.67% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.05:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Indian Red (#cd5c5c), ΔE 2.11.

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Web safe#cc6666
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Relative luminance0.2023

Complementary

  1. #c8595e
  2. #59c8c3

Split complementary

  1. #c8595e
  2. #59c88c
  3. #5996c8

Analogous

  1. #c85996
  2. #c8595e
  3. #c88c59

Triadic

  1. #c8595e
  2. #5ec859
  3. #595ec8

Tetradic

  1. #c8595e
  2. #c8c359
  3. #59c8c3
  4. #595ec8

Square

  1. #c8595e
  2. #96c859
  3. #59c8c3
  4. #8c59c8

Monochromatic

  1. #662225
  2. #a0353a
  3. #c8595e
  4. #db9296
  5. #eecccd

Shades

#c8595e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c8595e
  2. #b45055
  3. #a0474b
  4. #8c3e42
  5. #783538
  6. #642d2f
  7. #502426
  8. #3c1b1c
  9. #281213
  10. #140909
  11. #000000

Tints

#c8595e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c8595e
  2. #ce6a6e
  3. #d37a7e
  4. #d98b8e
  5. #de9b9e
  6. #e4acaf
  7. #e9bdbf
  8. #efcdcf
  9. #f4dedf
  10. #faeeef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c8595e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c8595e
  2. #c15d61
  3. #ba6165
  4. #b26568
  5. #ab696c
  6. #a46d6f
  7. #9d7072
  8. #967476
  9. #8e7879
  10. #877c7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a07071 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #736e5e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f855c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #da485c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9c665e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9765d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #d34f5d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c8595e {
  color: #c8595e;
}
Background
.bg-c8595e {
  background-color: #c8595e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c8595e {
  border: 2px solid #c8595e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c8595e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 200 89 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 357 50% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c8595e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c8595e, #c88c59);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c8595e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(200 89 94 / 0.35);
}

#cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 2.11 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 5.09 #e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 7.20 #a45a52 Redwood ΔE 8.28 #b76e79 Rose Gold ΔE 8.28 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 8.45 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 9.29 #37a6a1 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Indian Red
#c8595e  rgb(200, 89, 94)  hsl(357, 50%, 57%)  Indian Red
#59c8c3  rgb(89, 200, 195)  hsl(177, 50%, 57%)  Medium Turquoise
#5ec859  rgb(94, 200, 89)  hsl(117, 50%, 57%)  Mantis
#595ec8  rgb(89, 94, 200)  hsl(237, 50%, 57%)  Slate Blue