#C83E35#C83E35

#C83E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.176 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83E35
RGB	rgb(200, 62, 53)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 53.99, 36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 65.21, 34.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% 0.1557 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.176 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1876, 15.9855, 5.0741)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83E35 #35BFC8

analogous

#C83576 #C83E35 #C88735

triadic

#C83E35 #35C83E #3E35C8

tetradic

#C83E35 #76C835 #35BFC8 #8735C8

square

#C83E35 #76C835 #35BFC8 #8735C8

split-complementary

#C83E35 #35C887 #3576C8

monochromatic

#67201B #982F28 #C83E35 #D66B64 #E39995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C83E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C83E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83E35

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83E35	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)

#655C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC0F3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 62, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.176 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17c6d',
    500: '#c83e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83e35;
$custom-light: #e17c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.673,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56345,
    "c": 0.17613,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83E35

secondary

#8BCACE

accent

#D8E146

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83E35

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

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