#C83D42#C83D42

#C83D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.175 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83D42
RGB	rgb(200, 61, 66)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.99, 55.02, 29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.99, 62.22, 27.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1616 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.175 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4743, 16.0140, 6.8502)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83D42 #3DC8C3

analogous

#C83D87 #C83D42 #C87D3D

triadic

#C83D42 #42C83D #3D42C8

tetradic

#C83D42 #87C83D #3DC8C3 #7D3DC8

square

#C83D42 #87C83D #3DC8C3 #7D3DC8

split-complementary

#C83D42 #3DC87D #3D87C8

monochromatic

#6C1F21 #9C2C30 #C83D42 #D66D70 #E39C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C83D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C83D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83D42

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83D42	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 61, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.175 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07b76',
    500: '#c83d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83d42;
$custom-light: #e07b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.842,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5643,
    "c": 0.17538,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83D42

secondary

#92CFCD

accent

#DFDA49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83D42

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

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