#C23548#C23548

#C23548 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.177 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23548
RGB	rgb(194, 53, 72)
HSL	hsl(352, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 62.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.92, 56.44, 22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.92, 60.80, 21.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.72% 0.1681 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(54.72% 0.177 18)
XYZ	xyz(24.6935, 14.4870, 7.6256)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23548 #35C2AF

analogous

#C2358E #C23548 #C26835

triadic

#C23548 #48C235 #3548C2

tetradic

#C23548 #8EC235 #35C2AF #6835C2

square

#C23548 #8EC235 #35C2AF #6835C2

split-complementary

#C23548 #35C268 #358EC2

monochromatic

#621B24 #922836 #C23548 #D46070 #E1919B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#C23548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#C23548 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23548

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23548	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5013D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 53, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.177 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc777a',
    500: '#c23548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23548;
$custom-light: #dc777a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.915,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5472,
    "c": 0.1767,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.14483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23548

secondary

#87CCC2

accent

#E0CC47

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23548

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

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