#C23840#C23840

#C23840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.174 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23840
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 64)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 54.89, 27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 61.52, 26.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% 0.1615 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.174 22)
XYZ	xyz(24.5903, 14.6715, 6.3865)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23840 #38C2BA

analogous

#C23885 #C23840 #C27538

triadic

#C23840 #40C238 #3840C2

tetradic

#C23840 #85C238 #38C2BA #7538C2

square

#C23840 #85C238 #38C2BA #7538C2

split-complementary

#C23840 #38C275 #3885C2

monochromatic

#631D21 #932A30 #C23840 #D2656B #E09499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#C23840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C23840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23840

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23840	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)

#5F583F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5073C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.174 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7874',
    500: '#c23840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23840;
$custom-light: #dc7874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.522,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54867,
    "c": 0.17422,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.14668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23840

secondary

#8ACBC8

accent

#DFD649

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23840

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

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