#C83E36#C83E36

#C83E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.176 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83E36
RGB	rgb(200, 62, 54)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 54.04, 36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 64.94, 33.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.156 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.176 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2108, 15.9948, 5.1965)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83E36 #36C0C8

analogous

#C83677 #C83E36 #C88736

triadic

#C83E36 #36C83E #3E36C8

tetradic

#C83E36 #77C836 #36C0C8 #8736C8

square

#C83E36 #77C836 #36C0C8 #8736C8

split-complementary

#C83E36 #36C887 #3677C8

monochromatic

#68201C #982F29 #C83E36 #D66C66 #E39A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C83E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C83E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83E36

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83E36	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)

#655C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC103D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 62, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.176 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17c6d',
    500: '#c83e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83e36;
$custom-light: #e17c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.288,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56358,
    "c": 0.17597,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83E36

secondary

#8CCACE

accent

#D8E147

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEB

border

#D6C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83E36

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

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