#C83C48#C83C48

#C83C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.176 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83C48
RGB	rgb(200, 60, 72)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 55.74, 25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 61.27, 24.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1651 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.176 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6077, 15.9828, 7.8136)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83C48 #3CC8BC

analogous

#C83C8E #C83C48 #C8763C

triadic

#C83C48 #48C83C #3C48C8

tetradic

#C83C48 #8EC83C #3CC8BC #763CC8

square

#C83C48 #8EC83C #3CC8BC #763CC8

split-complementary

#C83C48 #3CC876 #3C8EC8

monochromatic

#6B1E25 #9B2C35 #C83C48 #D56C75 #E39BA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#C83C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C83C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83C48

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83C48	1.00	5.01	4.20	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 60, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.176 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b7b',
    500: '#c83c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83c48;
$custom-light: #e07b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56431,
    "c": 0.17591,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83C48

secondary

#91CFCA

accent

#DFD249

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83C48

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

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