#C23736#C23736

#C23736 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.176 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23736
RGB	rgb(194, 55, 54)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.90, 54.76, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.90, 64.12, 31.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.61% 0.159 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(54.61% 0.176 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2829, 14.4717, 5.0040)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23736 #36C1C2

analogous

#C2367B #C23736 #C27D36

triadic

#C23736 #36C237 #3736C2

tetradic

#C23736 #7BC236 #36C1C2 #7D36C2

square

#C23736 #7BC236 #36C1C2 #7D36C2

split-complementary

#C23736 #36C27D #367BC2

monochromatic

#621C1B #922929 #C23736 #D36362 #E19292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#C23736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#C23736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23736

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23736	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	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: #c23736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 55, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.176 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd776d',
    500: '#c23736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23736;
$custom-light: #dd776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54613,
    "c": 0.17622,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23736

secondary

#88CBCC

accent

#DFE048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23736

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

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