#C23743#C23743

#C23743 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.175 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23743
RGB	rgb(194, 55, 67)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 65.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.10, 55.43, 25.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.10, 61.16, 25.02°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.1639 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.175 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6300, 14.6106, 6.8323)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23743 #37C2B6

analogous

#C23789 #C23743 #C27137

triadic

#C23743 #43C237 #3743C2

tetradic

#C23743 #89C237 #37C2B6 #7137C2

square

#C23743 #89C237 #37C2B6 #7137C2

split-complementary

#C23743 #37C271 #3789C2

monochromatic

#631C22 #922933 #C23743 #D3636D #E0939A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#C23743 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#C23743 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23743

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23743	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23743	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)

#5E5842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81753F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5053D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23743;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 55, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.175 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7877',
    500: '#c23743',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23743;
$custom-light: #dc7877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23743",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.82,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5482,
    "c": 0.17496,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23743

secondary

#89CBC6

accent

#DFD249

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23743

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

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