#C23748#C23748

#C23748 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.175 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23748
RGB	rgb(194, 55, 72)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 62.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 55.72, 22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 60.26, 22.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.1658 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.175 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7866, 14.6732, 7.6567)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23748 #37C2B1

analogous

#C2378E #C23748 #C26C37

triadic

#C23748 #48C237 #3748C2

tetradic

#C23748 #8EC237 #37C2B1 #6C37C2

square

#C23748 #8EC237 #37C2B1 #6C37C2

split-complementary

#C23748 #37C26C #378EC2

monochromatic

#631C25 #922936 #C23748 #D36371 #E0939C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#C23748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C23748 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23748

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23748	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5093E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 55, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.175 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc787a',
    500: '#c23748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23748;
$custom-light: #dc787a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.662,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54913,
    "c": 0.17475,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23748

secondary

#89CBC3

accent

#DFCD49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23748

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

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