#C23733#C23733

#C23733 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.177 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23733
RGB	rgb(194, 55, 51)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 73.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, 54.63, 35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 64.91, 32.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% 0.158 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.177 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2146, 14.4444, 4.6443)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23733 #33BEC2

analogous

#C23377 #C23733 #C27E33

triadic

#C23733 #33C237 #3733C2

tetradic

#C23733 #77C233 #33BEC2 #7E33C2

square

#C23733 #77C233 #33BEC2 #7E33C2

split-complementary

#C23733 #33C27E #3377C2

monochromatic

#611C1A #922926 #C23733 #D5615E #E1908E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#C23733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#C23733 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23733

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23733	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 55, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.177 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd776b',
    500: '#c23733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23733;
$custom-light: #dd776b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.678,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54572,
    "c": 0.17661,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23733

secondary

#85CACC

accent

#DDE246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23733

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

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