#C23542#C23542

#C23542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.177 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23542
RGB	rgb(194, 53, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 56.09, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 61.87, 24.97°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% 0.1658 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.177 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5072, 14.4125, 6.6446)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23542 #35C2B5

analogous

#C23588 #C23542 #C26E35

triadic

#C23542 #42C235 #3542C2

tetradic

#C23542 #88C235 #35C2B5 #6E35C2

square

#C23542 #88C235 #35C2B5 #6E35C2

split-complementary

#C23542 #35C26E #3588C2

monochromatic

#621B21 #922832 #C23542 #D4606B #E19198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#C23542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#C23542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23542

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23542	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 53, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.177 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7776',
    500: '#c23542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23542;
$custom-light: #dc7776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.468,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54608,
    "c": 0.17692,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23542

secondary

#87CCC5

accent

#E0D247

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23542

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

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