#C23636#C23636

#C23636 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.177 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23636
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 54)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.77, 55.12, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.77, 64.35, 31.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.1602 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.177 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2359, 14.3777, 4.9883)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23636 #36C2C2

analogous

#C2367C #C23636 #C27C36

triadic

#C23636 #36C236 #3636C2

tetradic

#C23636 #7CC236 #36C2C2 #7C36C2

square

#C23636 #7CC236 #36C2C2 #7C36C2

split-complementary

#C23636 #36C27C #367CC2

monochromatic

#621B1B #922929 #C23636 #D36262 #E19292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#C23636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#C23636 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23636

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23636	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.177 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd776d',
    500: '#c23636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23636;
$custom-light: #dd776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54514,
    "c": 0.17711,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23636

secondary

#88CCCC

accent

#E0E048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23636

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

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