#C83D38#C83D38

#C83D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.177 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83D38
RGB	rgb(200, 61, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 54.51, 34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 64.64, 32.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.1579 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.177 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2049, 15.9063, 5.4310)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83D38 #38C3C8

analogous

#C8387B #C83D38 #C88538

triadic

#C83D38 #38C83D #3D38C8

tetradic

#C83D38 #7BC838 #38C3C8 #8538C8

square

#C83D38 #7BC838 #38C3C8 #8538C8

split-complementary

#C83D38 #38C885 #387BC8

monochromatic

#69201D #992E2A #C83D38 #D56C68 #E39A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#C83D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#C83D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83D38

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83D38	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 61, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.177 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17b6f',
    500: '#c83d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83d38;
$custom-light: #e17b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.083,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56279,
    "c": 0.1766,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83D38

secondary

#8ECCCE

accent

#DBE048

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83D38

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

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