#C23042#C23042

#C23042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.181 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23042
RGB	rgb(194, 48, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 57.80, 25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 63.11, 23.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1712 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.181 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2911, 13.9802, 6.5726)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23042 #30C2B0

analogous

#C2308B #C23042 #C26730

triadic

#C23042 #42C230 #3042C2

tetradic

#C23042 #8BC230 #30C2B0 #6730C2

square

#C23042 #8BC230 #30C2B0 #6730C2

split-complementary

#C23042 #30C267 #308BC2

monochromatic

#601821 #912431 #C23042 #D65969 #E28A95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#C23042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#C23042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23042

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23042	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 48, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.181 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7576',
    500: '#c23042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23042;
$custom-light: #dc7576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.603,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54152,
    "c": 0.18146,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23042

secondary

#82CCC3

accent

#E3D044

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23042

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

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