#C23836#C23836

#C23836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.175 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23836
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 54.39, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 63.89, 31.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.71% 0.1578 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(54.71% 0.175 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3309, 14.5677, 5.0200)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23836 #36C0C2

analogous

#C2367A #C23836 #C27E36

triadic

#C23836 #36C238 #3836C2

tetradic

#C23836 #7AC236 #36C0C2 #7E36C2

square

#C23836 #7AC236 #36C0C2 #7E36C2

split-complementary

#C23836 #36C27E #367AC2

monochromatic

#621C1B #922A29 #C23836 #D36462 #E19392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#C23836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#C23836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23836

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23836	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)

#605834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.175 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd786d',
    500: '#c23836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23836;
$custom-light: #dd786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54713,
    "c": 0.17531,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23836

secondary

#88CBCC

accent

#DEE048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170907

muted

#857B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23836

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

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