#C23141#C23141

#C23141 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.181 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23141
RGB	rgb(194, 49, 65)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 66.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.31, 57.41, 26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.31, 63.06, 24.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.1698 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.181 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3032, 14.0513, 6.4325)
Luminance	0.1405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23141 #31C2B2

analogous

#C2318A #C23141 #C26931

triadic

#C23141 #41C231 #3141C2

tetradic

#C23141 #8AC231 #31C2B2 #6931C2

square

#C23141 #8AC231 #31C2B2 #6931C2

split-complementary

#C23141 #31C269 #318AC2

monochromatic

#601820 #912531 #C23141 #D65B68 #E28C95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#C23141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#C23141 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23141

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23141	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 49, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.181 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7575',
    500: '#c23141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23141;
$custom-light: #dc7575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.379,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54222,
    "c": 0.18061,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23141

secondary

#83CCC4

accent

#E3D145

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23141

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

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