#C23437#C23437

#C23437 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.179 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C23437
RGBrgb(194, 52, 55)
HSLhsl(359, 58%, 48%)
HSVhsv(359, 73%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 73.2%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(44.53, 55.88, 32.34)
CIE-LCHlch(44.53, 64.57, 30.06°)
OKLaboklab(54.34% 0.1628 0.0739)
OKLCHoklch(54.34% 0.179 24.4)
XYZxyz(24.1684, 14.2048, 5.0829)
Luminance0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C23437 #34C2BF
analogous
#C2347E #C23437 #C27834
triadic
#C23437 #37C234 #3437C2
tetradic
#C23437 #7EC234 #34C2BF #7834C2
square
#C23437 #7EC234 #34C2BF #7834C2
split-complementary
#C23437 #34C278 #347EC2
monochromatic
#611A1C #922729 #C23437 #D45F62 #E18F91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47
#C23437 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84
#C23437 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23437
5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C23437#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C234371.005.473.845.47
#FFFFFF5.471.0021.001.00
#0000003.8421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.471.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5D5636
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#817432
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D50037
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c23437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 52, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.179 24.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd766e',
    500: '#c23437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c23437;
$custom-light: #dd766e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c23437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.732,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54336,
    "c": 0.17877,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C23437
secondary
#86CCCA
accent
#E1DE47
background
#FEF7F6
surface
#FDEEEB
border
#D5C9C6
text
#170907
muted
#857B7A

Preview Lab

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#C23437 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva