#C23545#C23545

#C23545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.177 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23545
RGB	rgb(194, 53, 69)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 64.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.87, 56.26, 24.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.87, 61.31, 23.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% 0.1669 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.177 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5980, 14.4488, 7.1227)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23545 #35C2B2

analogous

#C2358C #C23545 #C26B35

triadic

#C23545 #45C235 #3545C2

tetradic

#C23545 #8CC235 #35C2B2 #6B35C2

square

#C23545 #8CC235 #35C2B2 #6B35C2

split-complementary

#C23545 #35C26B #358CC2

monochromatic

#621B23 #922834 #C23545 #D4606E #E1919A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#C23545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#C23545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23545

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23545	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)

#5C5745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 53, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.177 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7778',
    500: '#c23545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23545;
$custom-light: #dc7778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.191,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54663,
    "c": 0.17678,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23545

secondary

#87CCC4

accent

#E0CF47

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23545

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

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