#C23741#C23741

#C23741 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.175 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23741
RGB	rgb(194, 55, 65)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 66.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, 55.31, 27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 61.56, 26.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% 0.1631 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.175 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5711, 14.5870, 6.5218)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23741 #37C2B8

analogous

#C23787 #C23741 #C27337

triadic

#C23741 #41C237 #3741C2

tetradic

#C23741 #87C237 #37C2B8 #7337C2

square

#C23741 #87C237 #37C2B8 #7337C2

split-complementary

#C23741 #37C273 #3787C2

monochromatic

#631C21 #922931 #C23741 #D3636B #E09399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#C23741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#C23741 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23741

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23741	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81753D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5033C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 55, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.175 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7875',
    500: '#c23741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23741;
$custom-light: #dc7875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.683,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54785,
    "c": 0.17509,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23741

secondary

#89CBC7

accent

#DFD449

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160908

muted

#847B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23741

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

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