#C83E37#C83E37

#C83E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.176 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83E37
RGB	rgb(200, 62, 55)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 54.08, 35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 64.67, 33.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.1564 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.176 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2345, 16.0043, 5.3214)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83E37 #37C1C8

analogous

#C83778 #C83E37 #C88737

triadic

#C83E37 #37C83E #3E37C8

tetradic

#C83E37 #78C837 #37C1C8 #8737C8

square

#C83E37 #78C837 #37C1C8 #8737C8

split-complementary

#C83E37 #37C887 #3778C8

monochromatic

#68201D #982F2A #C83E37 #D56C67 #E29B97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C83E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C83E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83E37

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83E37	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)

#655C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC103E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 62, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.176 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17c6e',
    500: '#c83e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83e37;
$custom-light: #e17c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.897,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56371,
    "c": 0.17582,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83E37

secondary

#8DCBCE

accent

#D9E048

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83E37

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

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