#C83B40#C83B40

#C83B40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.177 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83B40
RGB	rgb(200, 59, 64)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.69, 55.67, 29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.69, 63.18, 28.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1632 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.178 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3116, 15.7813, 6.5101)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83B40 #3BC8C3

analogous

#C83B87 #C83B40 #C87C3B

triadic

#C83B40 #40C83B #3B40C8

tetradic

#C83B40 #87C83B #3BC8C3 #7C3BC8

square

#C83B40 #87C83B #3BC8C3 #7C3BC8

split-complementary

#C83B40 #3BC87C #3B87C8

monochromatic

#6B1E21 #9A2B2F #C83B40 #D56B6F #E39B9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C83B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C83B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83B40

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83B40	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)

#635B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 59, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.177 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17a75',
    500: '#c83b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83b40;
$custom-light: #e17a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.872,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56192,
    "c": 0.1775,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83B40

secondary

#90CFCC

accent

#DFDA48

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83B40

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

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