#C23540#C23540

#C23540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.177 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23540
RGB	rgb(194, 53, 64)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, 55.98, 27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 62.28, 25.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% 0.165 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.177 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4493, 14.3893, 6.3395)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23540 #35C2B7

analogous

#C23586 #C23540 #C27035

triadic

#C23540 #40C235 #3540C2

tetradic

#C23540 #86C235 #35C2B7 #7035C2

square

#C23540 #86C235 #35C2B7 #7035C2

split-complementary

#C23540 #35C270 #3586C2

monochromatic

#621B20 #922830 #C23540 #D46069 #E19197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#C23540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#C23540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23540

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23540	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 53, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.177 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7774',
    500: '#c23540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23540;
$custom-light: #dc7774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.319,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54573,
    "c": 0.17704,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23540

secondary

#87CCC6

accent

#E0D447

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23540

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

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