#C23820#C23820

#C23820 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.179 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23820
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 32)
HSL	hsl(9, 72%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 84%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 83.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.81, 53.60, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.81, 70.11, 40.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% 0.151 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.179 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9259, 14.4057, 2.8870)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23820 #20AAC2

analogous

#C22059 #C23820 #C28920

triadic

#C23820 #20C238 #3820C2

tetradic

#C23820 #59C220 #20AAC2 #8920C2

square

#C23820 #59C220 #20AAC2 #8920C2

split-complementary

#C23820 #20C289 #2059C2

monochromatic

#591A0F #8D2917 #C23820 #DF5740 #E88574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#C23820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#C23820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23820

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23820	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61571B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.179 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de785e',
    500: '#c23820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23820;
$custom-light: #de785e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54471,
    "c": 0.17866,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23820

secondary

#6FC1CF

accent

#D4EE39

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEEE9

border

#D6C9C5

text

#170904

muted

#857B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23820

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

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