#C83C36#C83C36

#C83C36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.178 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83C36
RGB	rgb(200, 60, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.69, 54.81, 35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.69, 65.41, 33.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.1584 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.178 27)
XYZ	xyz(26.1040, 15.7813, 5.1609)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83C36 #36C2C8

analogous

#C83679 #C83C36 #C88536

triadic

#C83C36 #36C83C #3C36C8

tetradic

#C83C36 #79C836 #36C2C8 #8536C8

square

#C83C36 #79C836 #36C2C8 #8536C8

split-complementary

#C83C36 #36C885 #3679C8

monochromatic

#681F1C #982E29 #C83C36 #D66A66 #E39996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C83C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C83C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83C36

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83C36	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)

#645B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC073C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 60, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.178 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17b6d',
    500: '#c83c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83c36;
$custom-light: #e17b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.466,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56148,
    "c": 0.17781,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.15777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83C36

secondary

#8CCBCE

accent

#DAE147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83C36

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

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