#C83937#C83937

#C83937 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.180 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83937
RGB	rgb(200, 57, 55)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.29, 55.97, 34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.29, 65.84, 31.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1623 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.18 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9751, 15.4854, 5.2349)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83937 #37C6C8

analogous

#C8377D #C83937 #C88237

triadic

#C83937 #37C839 #3937C8

tetradic

#C83937 #7DC837 #37C6C8 #8237C8

square

#C83937 #7DC837 #37C6C8 #8237C8

split-complementary

#C83937 #37C882 #377DC8

monochromatic

#681E1D #982B2A #C83937 #D56967 #E29897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C83937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C83937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83937

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83937	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 57, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.180 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1796e',
    500: '#c83937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83937;
$custom-light: #e1796e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.828,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55857,
    "c": 0.18039,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83937

secondary

#8DCDCE

accent

#DEE048

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83937

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

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