#C83F38#C83F38

#C83F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.175 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C83F38
RGB	rgb(200, 63, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 53.73, 35.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 64.17, 33.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.1555 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.175 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3136, 16.1238, 5.4672)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C83F38 #38C1C8

analogous

#C83879 #C83F38 #C88738

triadic

#C83F38 #38C83F #3F38C8

tetradic

#C83F38 #79C838 #38C1C8 #8738C8

square

#C83F38 #79C838 #38C1C8 #8738C8

split-complementary

#C83F38 #38C887 #3879C8

monochromatic

#69211D #99302A #C83F38 #D56D68 #E39C98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#C83F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#C83F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C83F38

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C83F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C83F38	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)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC143F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c83f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 63, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.175 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e17c6f',
    500: '#c83f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c83f38;
$custom-light: #e17c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c83f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56492,
    "c": 0.17474,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C83F38

secondary

#8ECBCE

accent

#D9E048

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FEEEEC

border

#D6C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C83F38

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

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