#C83E48#C83E48

#C83E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.174 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83E48
RGB	rgb(200, 62, 72)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.23, 54.97, 25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.23, 60.72, 25.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.1627 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.174 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7145, 16.1963, 7.8491)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83E48 #3EC8BE

analogous

#C83E8D #C83E48 #C8793E

triadic

#C83E48 #48C83E #3E48C8

tetradic

#C83E48 #8DC83E #3EC8BE #793EC8

square

#C83E48 #8DC83E #3EC8BE #793EC8

split-complementary

#C83E48 #3EC879 #3E8DC8

monochromatic

#6D1F25 #9C2D35 #C83E48 #D66E75 #E39DA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#C83E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#C83E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83E48

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83E48	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 62, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.174 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07c7b',
    500: '#c83e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83e48;
$custom-light: #e07c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.652,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56639,
    "c": 0.1739,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83E48

secondary

#92CFCB

accent

#DFD449

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83E48

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

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