#C83B42#C83B42

#C83B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.177 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83B42
RGB	rgb(200, 59, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.72, 55.77, 28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.72, 62.74, 27.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.164 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.177 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3696, 15.8045, 6.8153)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83B42 #3BC8C1

analogous

#C83B88 #C83B42 #C87A3B

triadic

#C83B42 #42C83B #3B42C8

tetradic

#C83B42 #88C83B #3BC8C1 #7A3BC8

square

#C83B42 #88C83B #3BC8C1 #7A3BC8

split-complementary

#C83B42 #3BC87A #3B88C8

monochromatic

#6B1E22 #9A2B31 #C83B42 #D56B70 #E39B9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C83B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C83B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83B42

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83B42	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)

#625C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 59, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.177 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07a76',
    500: '#c83b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83b42;
$custom-light: #e07a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.021,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56224,
    "c": 0.17731,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83B42

secondary

#90CFCC

accent

#DFD848

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83B42

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

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