#C83E38#C83E38

#C83E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.176 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83E38
RGB	rgb(200, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.99, 54.13, 34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.99, 64.41, 32.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.1567 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.176 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2587, 16.0140, 5.4490)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83E38 #38C2C8

analogous

#C8387A #C83E38 #C88638

triadic

#C83E38 #38C83E #3E38C8

tetradic

#C83E38 #7AC838 #38C2C8 #8638C8

square

#C83E38 #7AC838 #38C2C8 #8638C8

split-complementary

#C83E38 #38C886 #387AC8

monochromatic

#69201D #992F2A #C83E38 #D56D68 #E39B98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C83E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C83E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83E38

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83E38	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)

#655C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC103E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.176 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17c6f',
    500: '#c83e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83e38;
$custom-light: #e17c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56385,
    "c": 0.17568,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83E38

secondary

#8ECBCE

accent

#DAE048

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83E38

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

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