#C83B38#C83B38

#C83B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.178 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83B38
RGB	rgb(200, 59, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 55.28, 34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 65.12, 31.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.1603 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.178 26)
XYZ	xyz(26.1001, 15.6967, 5.3961)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83B38 #38C5C8

analogous

#C8387D #C83B38 #C88338

triadic

#C83B38 #38C83B #3B38C8

tetradic

#C83B38 #7DC838 #38C5C8 #8338C8

square

#C83B38 #7DC838 #38C5C8 #8338C8

split-complementary

#C83B38 #38C883 #387DC8

monochromatic

#691F1D #992C2A #C83B38 #D56A68 #E39998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#C83B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#C83B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83B38

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83B38	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC043C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 59, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.178 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17a6f',
    500: '#c83b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83b38;
$custom-light: #e17a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56072,
    "c": 0.17845,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.15693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83B38

secondary

#8ECDCE

accent

#DDE048

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83B38

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

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