#C83E31#C83E31

#C83E31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.177 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83E31
RGB	rgb(200, 62, 49)
HSL	hsl(5, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.91, 53.83, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.91, 66.33, 35.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.1543 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.177 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0994, 15.9503, 4.6096)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83E31 #31BBC8

analogous

#C8316F #C83E31 #C88A31

triadic

#C83E31 #31C83E #3E31C8

tetradic

#C83E31 #6FC831 #31BBC8 #8A31C8

square

#C83E31 #6FC831 #31BBC8 #8A31C8

split-complementary

#C83E31 #31C88A #316FC8

monochromatic

#662019 #972F25 #C83E31 #D8695F #E49790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#C83E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#C83E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83E31

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83E31	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 62, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.177 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17b6a',
    500: '#c83e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83e31;
$custom-light: #e17b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.166,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56296,
    "c": 0.17677,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83E31

secondary

#86C8CE

accent

#D6E444

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83E31

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

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