#C83E40#C83E40

#C83E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.175 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83E40
RGB	rgb(200, 62, 64)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 54.52, 30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 62.42, 29.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.1596 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.175 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4703, 16.0986, 6.5630)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83E40 #3EC8C6

analogous

#C83E85 #C83E40 #C8813E

triadic

#C83E40 #40C83E #3E40C8

tetradic

#C83E40 #85C83E #3EC8C6 #813EC8

square

#C83E40 #85C83E #3EC8C6 #813EC8

split-complementary

#C83E40 #3EC881 #3E85C8

monochromatic

#6D1F20 #9C2D2E #C83E40 #D66E6F #E39D9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#C83E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#C83E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83E40

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83E40	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC1440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 62, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.175 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07c75',
    500: '#c83e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83e40;
$custom-light: #e07c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.13,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56503,
    "c": 0.17462,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83E40

secondary

#92CFCE

accent

#DFDD49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83E40

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

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