#C23544#C23544

#C23544 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.177 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23544
RGB	rgb(194, 53, 68)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 64.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 56.20, 24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 61.49, 23.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% 0.1665 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.177 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5672, 14.4365, 6.9606)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23544 #35C2B3

analogous

#C2358A #C23544 #C26C35

triadic

#C23544 #44C235 #3544C2

tetradic

#C23544 #8AC235 #35C2B3 #6C35C2

square

#C23544 #8AC235 #35C2B3 #6C35C2

split-complementary

#C23544 #35C26C #358AC2

monochromatic

#621B22 #922833 #C23544 #D4606D #E19199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#C23544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#C23544 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23544

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23544	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 53, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.177 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7777',
    500: '#c23544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23544;
$custom-light: #dc7777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.617,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54644,
    "c": 0.17682,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23544

secondary

#87CCC4

accent

#E0D047

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23544

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

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