#C83C38#C83C38

#C83C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.178 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83C38
RGB	rgb(200, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.71, 54.90, 34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.71, 64.88, 32.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.1591 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.178 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1520, 15.8005, 5.4134)
Luminance	0.1580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83C38 #38C4C8

analogous

#C8387C #C83C38 #C88438

triadic

#C83C38 #38C83C #3C38C8

tetradic

#C83C38 #7CC838 #38C4C8 #8438C8

square

#C83C38 #7CC838 #38C4C8 #8438C8

split-complementary

#C83C38 #38C884 #387CC8

monochromatic

#691F1D #992D2A #C83C38 #D56B68 #E39A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#C83C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#C83C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83C38

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83C38	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)

#645B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC093D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.178 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17b6f',
    500: '#c83c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83c38;
$custom-light: #e17b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56175,
    "c": 0.17752,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83C38

secondary

#8ECCCE

accent

#DCE048

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83C38

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

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