#C23142#C23142

#C23142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.181 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23142
RGB	rgb(194, 49, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 57.47, 25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 62.87, 23.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% 0.1702 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.181 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3324, 14.0630, 6.5864)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23142 #31C2B1

analogous

#C2318A #C23142 #C26931

triadic

#C23142 #42C231 #3142C2

tetradic

#C23142 #8AC231 #31C2B1 #6931C2

square

#C23142 #8AC231 #31C2B1 #6931C2

split-complementary

#C23142 #31C269 #318AC2

monochromatic

#601821 #912531 #C23142 #D65B69 #E28C96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#C23142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#C23142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23142

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23142	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)

#5A5542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 49, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.181 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7576',
    500: '#c23142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23142;
$custom-light: #dc7576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.966,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5424,
    "c": 0.18057,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23142

secondary

#83CCC3

accent

#E3D045

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEDED

border

#D5C8C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23142

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

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