#C83E39#C83E39

#C83E39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.176 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83E39
RGB	rgb(200, 62, 57)
HSL	hsl(2, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.01, 54.17, 34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.01, 64.14, 32.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.1571 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.176 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2834, 16.0239, 5.5790)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83E39 #39C3C8

analogous

#C8397B #C83E39 #C88539

triadic

#C83E39 #39C83E #3E39C8

tetradic

#C83E39 #7BC839 #39C3C8 #8539C8

square

#C83E39 #7BC839 #39C3C8 #8539C8

split-complementary

#C83E39 #39C885 #397BC8

monochromatic

#69201D #992E2B #C83E39 #D56D69 #E39B99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#C83E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#C83E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83E39

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83E39	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)

#655C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC113E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 62, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.176 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17c70',
    500: '#c83e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83e39;
$custom-light: #e17c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.098,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56399,
    "c": 0.17553,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83E39

secondary

#8FCCCE

accent

#DAE048

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83E39

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →