#C23343#C23343

#C23343 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.179 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23343
RGB	rgb(194, 51, 67)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.7%, 65.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.58, 56.85, 25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.58, 62.19, 23.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.1684 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.179 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4477, 14.2459, 6.7715)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23343 #33C2B2

analogous

#C2338A #C23343 #C26B33

triadic

#C23343 #43C233 #3343C2

tetradic

#C23343 #8AC233 #33C2B2 #6B33C2

square

#C23343 #8AC233 #33C2B2 #6B33C2

split-complementary

#C23343 #33C26B #338AC2

monochromatic

#611A22 #922632 #C23343 #D55E6B #E18E97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#C23343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#C23343 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23343

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23343	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)

#5B5643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 51, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.179 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7677',
    500: '#c23343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23343;
$custom-light: #dc7677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.287,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54439,
    "c": 0.17873,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23343

secondary

#85CCC4

accent

#E2D046

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23343

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

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