#C23442#C23442

#C23442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.178 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23442
RGB	rgb(194, 52, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, 56.44, 25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 62.13, 24.70°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.1669 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.178 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4621, 14.3223, 6.6296)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23442 #34C2B4

analogous

#C23489 #C23442 #C26D34

triadic

#C23442 #42C234 #3442C2

tetradic

#C23442 #89C234 #34C2B4 #6D34C2

square

#C23442 #89C234 #34C2B4 #6D34C2

split-complementary

#C23442 #34C26D #3489C2

monochromatic

#611A21 #922732 #C23442 #D45F6B #E18F97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#C23442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C23442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23442

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23442	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)

#5C5641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 52, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.178 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7676',
    500: '#c23442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23442;
$custom-light: #dc7676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.085,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54514,
    "c": 0.17784,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23442

secondary

#86CCC5

accent

#E1D247

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23442

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

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