#C23140#C23140

#C23140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.181 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23140
RGB	rgb(194, 49, 64)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, 57.36, 26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 63.26, 24.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% 0.1694 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.181 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2745, 14.0398, 6.2813)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23140 #31C2B3

analogous

#C23189 #C23140 #C26A31

triadic

#C23140 #40C231 #3140C2

tetradic

#C23140 #89C231 #31C2B3 #6A31C2

square

#C23140 #89C231 #31C2B3 #6A31C2

split-complementary

#C23140 #31C26A #3189C2

monochromatic

#601820 #912530 #C23140 #D65B67 #E28C94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#C23140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#C23140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23140

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23140	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B553F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 49, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.181 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7574',
    500: '#c23140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23140;
$custom-light: #dc7574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.793,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54204,
    "c": 0.18066,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23140

secondary

#83CCC4

accent

#E3D345

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#170908

muted

#857B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23140

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

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