#C23543#C23543

#C23543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.177 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23543
RGB	rgb(194, 53, 67)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 65.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 56.15, 25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 61.68, 24.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.1662 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.177 20)
XYZ	xyz(24.5370, 14.4244, 6.8013)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23543 #35C2B4

analogous

#C23589 #C23543 #C26E35

triadic

#C23543 #43C235 #3543C2

tetradic

#C23543 #89C235 #35C2B4 #6E35C2

square

#C23543 #89C235 #35C2B4 #6E35C2

split-complementary

#C23543 #35C26E #3589C2

monochromatic

#621B22 #922832 #C23543 #D4606C #E19199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#C23543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#C23543 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23543

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23543	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)

#5C5742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 53, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.177 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7777',
    500: '#c23543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23543;
$custom-light: #dc7777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.043,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54626,
    "c": 0.17686,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.14421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23543

secondary

#87CCC5

accent

#E0D147

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23543

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

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