#C23849#C23849

#C23849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.174 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23849
RGB	rgb(194, 56, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.1%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.33, 55.42, 22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.33, 59.82, 22.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% 0.165 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.174 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8674, 14.7823, 7.8459)
Luminance	0.1478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23849 #38C2B1

analogous

#C2388E #C23849 #C26C38

triadic

#C23849 #49C238 #3849C2

tetradic

#C23849 #8EC238 #38C2B1 #6C38C2

square

#C23849 #8EC238 #38C2B1 #6C38C2

split-complementary

#C23849 #38C26C #388EC2

monochromatic

#631D25 #932A37 #C23849 #D26572 #E0949E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#C23849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#C23849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23849

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23849	1.00	5.31	3.96	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.174 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc787b',
    500: '#c23849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23849;
$custom-light: #dc787b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.609,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55031,
    "c": 0.17374,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23849

secondary

#8ACBC3

accent

#DFCC49

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23849

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

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