#C23740#C23740

#C23740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.175 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23740
RGB	rgb(194, 55, 64)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.05, 55.26, 27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.05, 61.77, 26.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.77% 0.1627 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(54.77% 0.175 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5424, 14.5755, 6.3705)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23740 #37C2B9

analogous

#C23786 #C23740 #C27437

triadic

#C23740 #40C237 #3740C2

tetradic

#C23740 #86C237 #37C2B9 #7437C2

square

#C23740 #86C237 #37C2B9 #7437C2

split-complementary

#C23740 #37C274 #3786C2

monochromatic

#631C21 #922930 #C23740 #D3636B #E09398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#C23740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#C23740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23740

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23740	1.00	5.36	3.91	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E583F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81753C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5033C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 55, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.175 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7874',
    500: '#c23740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23740;
$custom-light: #dc7874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.115,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54768,
    "c": 0.17517,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23740

secondary

#89CBC7

accent

#DFD549

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23740

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

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