#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
RGBrgb(200, 61, 56)
HSLhsl(2, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(2, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(46.85, 54.51, 34.74)
CIE-LCHlch(46.85, 64.64, 32.51°)
OKLaboklab(56.28% 0.1579 0.079)
OKLCHoklch(56.28% 0.177 26.6)
XYZxyz(26.2049, 15.9063, 5.4310)
Luminance0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##C83D381.005.024.185.02
#FFFFFF5.021.0021.001.00
#0000004.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.021.0021.001.00

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

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#C83D38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva