#C83C3B#C83C3B

#C83C3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.177 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83C3B
RGB	rgb(200, 60, 59)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.75, 55.04, 32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.75, 64.12, 30.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.1602 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.177 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2276, 15.8307, 5.8114)
Luminance	0.1583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83C3B #3BC7C8

analogous

#C83B80 #C83C3B #C8833B

triadic

#C83C3B #3BC83C #3C3BC8

tetradic

#C83C3B #80C83B #3BC7C8 #833BC8

square

#C83C3B #80C83B #3BC7C8 #833BC8

split-complementary

#C83C3B #3BC883 #3B80C8

monochromatic

#6B1E1E #9A2C2B #C83C3B #D56C6B #E39B9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#C83C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#C83C3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83C3B

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83C3B	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 60, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.177 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17b71',
    500: '#c83c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83c3b;
$custom-light: #e17b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.426,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56217,
    "c": 0.17713,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83C3B

secondary

#90CECF

accent

#DEDF48

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83C3B

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

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