#C23830#C23830

#C23830 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.176 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23830
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 48)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 75.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.96, 54.13, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.96, 65.50, 34.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.1558 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.176 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1986, 14.5148, 4.3232)
Luminance	0.1451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23830 #30BAC2

analogous

#C23071 #C23830 #C28130

triadic

#C23830 #30C238 #3830C2

tetradic

#C23830 #71C230 #30BAC2 #8130C2

square

#C23830 #71C230 #30BAC2 #8130C2

split-complementary

#C23830 #30C281 #3071C2

monochromatic

#601C18 #912A24 #C23830 #D66059 #E28F8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#C23830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#C23830 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23830

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23830	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60572E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83752B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.176 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7869',
    500: '#c23830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23830;
$custom-light: #dd7869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.288,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54634,
    "c": 0.17616,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23830

secondary

#82C8CC

accent

#DBE344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170906

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23830

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

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