#C23440#C23440

#C23440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.178 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23440
RGB	rgb(194, 52, 64)
HSL	hsl(355, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.66, 56.33, 27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.66, 62.53, 25.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.1661 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.178 21)
XYZ	xyz(24.4042, 14.2991, 6.3245)
Luminance	0.1429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23440 #34C2B6

analogous

#C23487 #C23440 #C26F34

triadic

#C23440 #40C234 #3440C2

tetradic

#C23440 #87C234 #34C2B6 #6F34C2

square

#C23440 #87C234 #34C2B6 #6F34C2

split-complementary

#C23440 #34C26F #3487C2

monochromatic

#611A20 #922730 #C23440 #D45F69 #E18F96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#C23440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C23440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23440

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23440	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C563F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 52, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.178 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7674',
    500: '#c23440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23440;
$custom-light: #dc7674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.93,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54479,
    "c": 0.17797,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.14295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23440

secondary

#86CCC6

accent

#E1D447

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23440

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

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