#C83231#C83231

#C83231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.187 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C83231
RGBrgb(200, 50, 49)
HSLhsl(0, 61%, 49%)
HSVhsv(0, 76%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(45.34, 58.16, 37.05)
CIE-LCHlch(45.34, 68.95, 32.50°)
OKLaboklab(55.12% 0.1679 0.0825)
OKLCHoklch(55.12% 0.187 26.2)
XYZxyz(25.5174, 14.7863, 4.4156)
Luminance0.1478 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C83231 #31C7C8
analogous
#C8317C #C83231 #C87E31
triadic
#C83231 #31C832 #3231C8
tetradic
#C83231 #7CC831 #31C7C8 #7E31C8
square
#C83231 #7CC831 #31C7C8 #7E31C8
split-complementary
#C83231 #31C87E #317CC8
monochromatic
#661919 #972625 #C83231 #D85F5F #E49090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31
#C83231 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96
#C83231 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83231
5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C83231#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C832311.005.313.965.31
#FFFFFF5.311.0021.001.00
#0000003.9621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.311.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5F572F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#84772B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DC0034
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c83231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.187 26.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2766a',
    500: '#c83231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c83231;
$custom-light: #e2766a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c83231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.397,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55124,
    "c": 0.18711,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C83231
secondary
#86CECE
accent
#E3E444
background
#FFF7F6
surface
#FEEEEB
border
#D6C9C6
text
#170906
muted
#857B7A

Preview Lab

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#C83231 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva