#C23255#C23255

#C23255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.180 H 11.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23255
RGB	rgb(194, 50, 85)
HSL	hsl(345, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(345, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 58.36, 14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 60.12, 13.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.1765 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.18 11.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0308, 14.4100, 10.0559)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23255 #32C29F

analogous

#C2329D #C23255 #C25732

triadic

#C23255 #55C232 #3255C2

tetradic

#C23255 #9DC232 #32C29F #5732C2

square

#C23255 #9DC232 #32C29F #5732C2

split-complementary

#C23255 #32C257 #329DC2

monochromatic

#61192A #912540 #C23255 #D55C7A #E28DA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#C23255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#C23255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23255

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23255	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D40341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 50, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.180 11.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7684',
    500: '#c23255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23255;
$custom-light: #db7684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.417,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54725,
    "c": 0.18018,
    "h": 11.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23255

secondary

#84CCBA

accent

#E2BC46

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FDEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23255

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

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