#C23637#C23637

#C23637 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.177 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23637
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 55)
HSL	hsl(360, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(360, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 55.17, 32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 64.10, 30.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.1605 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.177 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2596, 14.3872, 5.1133)
Luminance	0.1438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23637 #36C2C1

analogous

#C2367D #C23637 #C27B36

triadic

#C23637 #37C236 #3637C2

tetradic

#C23637 #7DC236 #36C2C1 #7B36C2

square

#C23637 #7DC236 #36C2C1 #7B36C2

split-complementary

#C23637 #36C27B #367DC2

monochromatic

#621B1C #922929 #C23637 #D36263 #E19292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#C23637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#C23637 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23637

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23637	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.177 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd776e',
    500: '#c23637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23637;
$custom-light: #dd776e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.571,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54528,
    "c": 0.177,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23637

secondary

#88CCCB

accent

#E0DF48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23637

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

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