#C83E49#C83E49

#C83E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.174 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83E49
RGB	rgb(200, 62, 73)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 55.03, 25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 60.53, 24.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.163 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.174 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7474, 16.2095, 8.0223)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83E49 #3EC8BD

analogous

#C83E8E #C83E49 #C8783E

triadic

#C83E49 #49C83E #3E49C8

tetradic

#C83E49 #8EC83E #3EC8BD #783EC8

square

#C83E49 #8EC83E #3EC8BD #783EC8

split-complementary

#C83E49 #3EC878 #3E8EC8

monochromatic

#6D1F25 #9C2D35 #C83E49 #D66E76 #E39DA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#C83E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#C83E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83E49

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83E49	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)

#635D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB1843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 62, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.174 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e07c7b',
    500: '#c83e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83e49;
$custom-light: #e07c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.217,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56658,
    "c": 0.17383,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83E49

secondary

#92CFCA

accent

#DFD349

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#170A09

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83E49

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

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