#C23237#C23237

#C23237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.181 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23237
RGB	rgb(194, 50, 55)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, 56.57, 32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 65.02, 29.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.165 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.181 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0811, 14.0301, 5.0538)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23237 #32C2BD

analogous

#C2327F #C23237 #C27532

triadic

#C23237 #37C232 #3237C2

tetradic

#C23237 #7FC232 #32C2BD #7532C2

square

#C23237 #7FC232 #32C2BD #7532C2

split-complementary

#C23237 #32C275 #327FC2

monochromatic

#61191B #912529 #C23237 #D55C60 #E28D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#C23237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#C23237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23237

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23237	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)

#5C5536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 50, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.181 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd756e',
    500: '#c23237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23237;
$custom-light: #dd756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.917,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54151,
    "c": 0.18051,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23237

secondary

#84CCC9

accent

#E2DD46

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23237

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

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