#C23536#C23536

#C23536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.178 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23536
RGB	rgb(194, 53, 54)
HSL	hsl(360, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(360, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.64, 55.48, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.64, 64.59, 30.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0.1613 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.178 25)
XYZ	xyz(24.1898, 14.2856, 4.9730)
Luminance	0.1428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23536 #35C2C1

analogous

#C2357D #C23536 #C27A35

triadic

#C23536 #36C235 #3536C2

tetradic

#C23536 #7DC235 #35C2C1 #7A35C2

square

#C23536 #7DC235 #35C2C1 #7A35C2

split-complementary

#C23536 #35C27A #357DC2

monochromatic

#621B1B #922829 #C23536 #D46061 #E19191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#C23536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#C23536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23536

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23536	1.00	5.45	3.86	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 53, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.178 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd766d',
    500: '#c23536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23536;
$custom-light: #dd766d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.574,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54417,
    "c": 0.17801,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.14282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23536

secondary

#87CCCB

accent

#E0DF47

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23536

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

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