#C23241#C23241

#C23241 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.180 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23241
RGB	rgb(194, 50, 65)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 66.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.43, 57.08, 26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.43, 62.82, 24.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1687 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.18 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3455, 14.1358, 6.4466)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23241 #32C2B3

analogous

#C23289 #C23241 #C26B32

triadic

#C23241 #41C232 #3241C2

tetradic

#C23241 #89C232 #32C2B3 #6B32C2

square

#C23241 #89C232 #32C2B3 #6B32C2

split-complementary

#C23241 #32C26B #3289C2

monochromatic

#611920 #912531 #C23241 #D55C69 #E28D96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#C23241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#C23241 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23241

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23241	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 50, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.180 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7575',
    500: '#c23241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23241;
$custom-light: #dc7575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.75,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54312,
    "c": 0.17972,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23241

secondary

#84CCC4

accent

#E2D246

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23241

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

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