#C23530#C23530

#C23530 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.179 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23530
RGB	rgb(194, 53, 48)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 75.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 55.23, 36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 66.17, 33.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% 0.1592 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.179 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0575, 14.2326, 4.2762)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23530 #30BDC2

analogous

#C23074 #C23530 #C27E30

triadic

#C23530 #30C235 #3530C2

tetradic

#C23530 #74C230 #30BDC2 #7E30C2

square

#C23530 #74C230 #30BDC2 #7E30C2

split-complementary

#C23530 #30C27E #3074C2

monochromatic

#601A18 #912824 #C23530 #D65D59 #E28D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#C23530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#C23530 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23530

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23530	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)

#5F562E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 53, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.179 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7669',
    500: '#c23530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23530;
$custom-light: #dd7669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.055,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54337,
    "c": 0.17878,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23530

secondary

#82CACC

accent

#DEE344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23530

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

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