#C83E42#C83E42

#C83E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.174 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83E42
RGB	rgb(200, 62, 66)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(358, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 54.63, 29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 61.96, 28.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1604 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.174 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5282, 16.1218, 6.8681)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83E42 #3EC8C4

analogous

#C83E87 #C83E42 #C87F3E

triadic

#C83E42 #42C83E #3E42C8

tetradic

#C83E42 #87C83E #3EC8C4 #7F3EC8

square

#C83E42 #87C83E #3EC8C4 #7F3EC8

split-complementary

#C83E42 #3EC87F #3E87C8

monochromatic

#6D1F21 #9C2D30 #C83E42 #D66E71 #E39D9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#C83E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#C83E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83E42

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83E42	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1541

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 62, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.174 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07c76',
    500: '#c83e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83e42;
$custom-light: #e07c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.261,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56536,
    "c": 0.17441,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83E42

secondary

#92CFCE

accent

#DFDB49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83E42

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

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