#C83A38#C83A38

#C83A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.179 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83A38
RGB	rgb(200, 58, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 55.65, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 65.35, 31.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% 0.1615 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.179 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0492, 15.5949, 5.3791)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83A38 #38C6C8

analogous

#C8387E #C83A38 #C88238

triadic

#C83A38 #38C83A #3A38C8

tetradic

#C83A38 #7EC838 #38C6C8 #8238C8

square

#C83A38 #7EC838 #38C6C8 #8238C8

split-complementary

#C83A38 #38C882 #387EC8

monochromatic

#691E1D #992C2A #C83A38 #D56968 #E39998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C83A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C83A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83A38

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83A38	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 58, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.179 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17a6f',
    500: '#c83a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83a38;
$custom-light: #e17a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55971,
    "c": 0.17935,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83A38

secondary

#8ECDCE

accent

#DEE048

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83A38

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

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