#C83A35#C83A35

#C83A35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.180 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83A35
RGB	rgb(200, 58, 53)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 55.52, 35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 66.14, 32.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.1605 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.18 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9780, 15.5664, 5.0042)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83A35 #35C3C8

analogous

#C83579 #C83A35 #C88435

triadic

#C83A35 #35C83A #3A35C8

tetradic

#C83A35 #79C835 #35C3C8 #8435C8

square

#C83A35 #79C835 #35C3C8 #8435C8

split-complementary

#C83A35 #35C884 #3579C8

monochromatic

#671E1B #982C28 #C83A35 #D66864 #E39795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C83A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C83A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83A35

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83A35	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 58, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.180 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17a6d',
    500: '#c83a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83a35;
$custom-light: #e17a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.041,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5593,
    "c": 0.17976,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83A35

secondary

#8BCCCE

accent

#DCE146

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83A35

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

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