#C23434#C23434

#C23434 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.179 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23434
RGB	rgb(194, 52, 52)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 73.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, 55.75, 34.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 65.32, 31.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.1617 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.179 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0987, 14.1769, 4.7157)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23434 #34C2C2

analogous

#C2347B #C23434 #C27B34

triadic

#C23434 #34C234 #3434C2

tetradic

#C23434 #7BC234 #34C2C2 #7B34C2

square

#C23434 #7BC234 #34C2C2 #7B34C2

split-complementary

#C23434 #34C27B #347BC2

monochromatic

#611A1A #922727 #C23434 #D45F5F #E18F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#C23434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#C23434 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23434

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23434	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 52, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.179 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd766c',
    500: '#c23434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23434;
$custom-light: #dd766c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54294,
    "c": 0.17912,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23434

secondary

#86CCCC

accent

#E1E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23434

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

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