#C23638#C23638

#C23638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.177 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23638
RGB	rgb(194, 54, 56)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, 55.22, 32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 63.85, 30.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.1609 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.177 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2838, 14.3968, 5.2408)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23638 #36C2C0

analogous

#C2367E #C23638 #C27A36

triadic

#C23638 #38C236 #3638C2

tetradic

#C23638 #7EC236 #36C2C0 #7A36C2

square

#C23638 #7EC236 #36C2C0 #7A36C2

split-complementary

#C23638 #36C27A #367EC2

monochromatic

#621B1C #92292A #C23638 #D36264 #E19293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#C23638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#C23638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23638

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23638	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 54, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.177 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd776f',
    500: '#c23638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23638;
$custom-light: #dd776f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54543,
    "c": 0.17687,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23638

secondary

#88CCCB

accent

#E0DE48

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23638

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

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