#C83A36#C83A36

#C83A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.180 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83A36
RGB	rgb(200, 58, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 55.56, 35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 65.87, 32.50°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1608 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.18 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0013, 15.5757, 5.1266)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83A36 #36C4C8

analogous

#C8367B #C83A36 #C88336

triadic

#C83A36 #36C83A #3A36C8

tetradic

#C83A36 #7BC836 #36C4C8 #8336C8

square

#C83A36 #7BC836 #36C4C8 #8336C8

split-complementary

#C83A36 #36C883 #367BC8

monochromatic

#681E1C #982C29 #C83A36 #D66966 #E39896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C83A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C83A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83A36

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83A36	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 58, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.180 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17a6d',
    500: '#c83a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83a36;
$custom-light: #e17a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.644,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55943,
    "c": 0.17962,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83A36

secondary

#8CCCCE

accent

#DDE147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83A36

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

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