#C83831#C83831

#C83831 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.182 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83831
RGB	rgb(200, 56, 49)
HSL	hsl(3, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.09, 56.08, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.09, 67.67, 34.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.1614 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.182 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7909, 15.3334, 4.5068)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83831 #31C1C8

analogous

#C83176 #C83831 #C88431

triadic

#C83831 #31C838 #3831C8

tetradic

#C83831 #76C831 #31C1C8 #8431C8

square

#C83831 #76C831 #31C1C8 #8431C8

split-complementary

#C83831 #31C884 #3176C8

monochromatic

#661C19 #972A25 #C83831 #D8645F #E49490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C83831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C83831 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83831

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83831	1.00	5.17	4.07	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62592F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 56, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.182 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2796a',
    500: '#c83831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83831;
$custom-light: #e2796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.781,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55681,
    "c": 0.18209,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83831

secondary

#86CBCE

accent

#DCE444

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83831

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

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