#C83A49#C83A49

#C83A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.178 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83A49
RGB	rgb(200, 58, 73)
HSL	hsl(354, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 56.55, 24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 61.63, 23.43°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.1679 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.178 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5378, 15.7904, 7.9525)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83A49 #3AC8B9

analogous

#C83A90 #C83A49 #C8723A

triadic

#C83A49 #49C83A #3A49C8

tetradic

#C83A49 #90C83A #3AC8B9 #723AC8

square

#C83A49 #90C83A #3AC8B9 #723AC8

split-complementary

#C83A49 #3AC872 #3A90C8

monochromatic

#6A1E26 #9A2B37 #C83A49 #D56A75 #E39AA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C83A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C83A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83A49

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83A49	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB0D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 58, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.178 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07a7b',
    500: '#c83a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83a49;
$custom-light: #e07a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.662,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56248,
    "c": 0.17783,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83A49

secondary

#8FCEC8

accent

#E0D048

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83A49

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

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