#C23549#C23549

#C23549 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.177 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23549
RGB	rgb(194, 53, 73)
HSL	hsl(351, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(351, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 56.51, 22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 60.64, 21.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.74% 0.1685 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(54.74% 0.177 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7264, 14.5002, 7.7989)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23549 #35C2AE

analogous

#C2358F #C23549 #C26735

triadic

#C23549 #49C235 #3549C2

tetradic

#C23549 #8FC235 #35C2AE #6735C2

square

#C23549 #8FC235 #35C2AE #6735C2

split-complementary

#C23549 #35C267 #358FC2

monochromatic

#621B25 #922837 #C23549 #D46071 #E1919C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#C23549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#C23549 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23549

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23549	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)

#5C5749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5023D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 53, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.177 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc777b',
    500: '#c23549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23549;
$custom-light: #dc777b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.489,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54739,
    "c": 0.17668,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23549

secondary

#87CCC2

accent

#E0CB47

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160909

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23549

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

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