#C23834#C23834

#C23834 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.176 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23834
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 52)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 73.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 54.30, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 64.41, 32.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% 0.1571 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.176 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2849, 14.5493, 4.7777)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23834 #34BEC2

analogous

#C23477 #C23834 #C27F34

triadic

#C23834 #34C238 #3834C2

tetradic

#C23834 #77C234 #34BEC2 #7F34C2

square

#C23834 #77C234 #34BEC2 #7F34C2

split-complementary

#C23834 #34C27F #3477C2

monochromatic

#611C1A #922A27 #C23834 #D4625F #E1928F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#C23834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#C23834 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23834

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23834	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82752F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.176 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd786c',
    500: '#c23834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23834;
$custom-light: #dd786c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.69,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54686,
    "c": 0.17558,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23834

secondary

#86CACC

accent

#DDE147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23834

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

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