#C23342#C23342

#C23342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.179 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23342
RGB	rgb(194, 51, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.57, 56.79, 25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.57, 62.38, 24.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0.168 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.179 20)
XYZ	xyz(24.4180, 14.2340, 6.6149)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23342 #33C2B3

analogous

#C23389 #C23342 #C26B33

triadic

#C23342 #42C233 #3342C2

tetradic

#C23342 #89C233 #33C2B3 #6B33C2

square

#C23342 #89C233 #33C2B3 #6B33C2

split-complementary

#C23342 #33C26B #3389C2

monochromatic

#611A21 #922632 #C23342 #D55E6A #E18E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#C23342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#C23342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23342

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23342	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80743E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 51, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.179 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7676',
    500: '#c23342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23342;
$custom-light: #dc7676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.706,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54421,
    "c": 0.17877,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.1423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23342

secondary

#85CCC4

accent

#E2D146

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23342

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

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