#C23842#C23842

#C23842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.174 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23842
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.21, 55.00, 26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.21, 61.10, 25.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.9% 0.1623 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(54.9% 0.174 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6483, 14.6946, 6.6917)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23842 #38C2B8

analogous

#C23887 #C23842 #C27338

triadic

#C23842 #42C238 #3842C2

tetradic

#C23842 #87C238 #38C2B8 #7338C2

square

#C23842 #87C238 #38C2B8 #7338C2

split-complementary

#C23842 #38C273 #3887C2

monochromatic

#631D22 #932A32 #C23842 #D2656D #E0949A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#C23842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#C23842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23842

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23842	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5083D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.174 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7876',
    500: '#c23842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23842;
$custom-light: #dc7876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.652,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54902,
    "c": 0.17406,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23842

secondary

#8ACBC7

accent

#DFD449

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23842

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

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