#C23843#C23843

#C23843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.174 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23843
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 67)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 65.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 55.06, 26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 60.90, 25.30°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% 0.1627 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.174 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6780, 14.7065, 6.8483)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23843 #38C2B7

analogous

#C23888 #C23843 #C27238

triadic

#C23843 #43C238 #3843C2

tetradic

#C23843 #88C238 #38C2B7 #7238C2

square

#C23843 #88C238 #38C2B7 #7238C2

split-complementary

#C23843 #38C272 #3888C2

monochromatic

#631D22 #932A33 #C23843 #D2656D #E0949A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#C23843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#C23843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23843

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23843	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)

#5E5842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5093D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.174 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7877',
    500: '#c23843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23843;
$custom-light: #dc7877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.217,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54919,
    "c": 0.174,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23843

secondary

#8ACBC6

accent

#DFD349

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23843

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

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