#C83B3E#C83B3E

#C83B3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.178 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83B3E
RGB	rgb(200, 59, 62)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 55.56, 31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 63.64, 29.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.1625 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.178 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2557, 15.7590, 6.2158)
Luminance	0.1575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83B3E #3BC8C5

analogous

#C83B85 #C83B3E #C87E3B

triadic

#C83B3E #3EC83B #3B3EC8

tetradic

#C83B3E #85C83B #3BC8C5 #7E3BC8

square

#C83B3E #85C83B #3BC8C5 #7E3BC8

split-complementary

#C83B3E #3BC87E #3B85C8

monochromatic

#6B1E20 #9A2B2E #C83B3E #D56B6D #E39B9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#C83B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#C83B3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83B3E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83B3E	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC083E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 59, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.178 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17a73',
    500: '#c83b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83b3e;
$custom-light: #e17a73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.723,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5616,
    "c": 0.17771,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83B3E

secondary

#90CFCD

accent

#DFDC48

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83B3E

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