#C23856#C23856

#C23856 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.174 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C23856
RGBrgb(194, 56, 86)
HSLhsl(347, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(347, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.1%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(45.60, 56.32, 14.90)
CIE-LCHlch(45.60, 58.26, 14.82°)
OKLaboklab(55.31% 0.1701 0.0374)
OKLCHoklch(55.31% 0.174 12.4)
XYZxyz(25.3444, 14.9731, 10.3578)
Luminance0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C23856 #38C2A4
analogous
#C2389B #C23856 #C25F38
triadic
#C23856 #56C238 #3856C2
tetradic
#C23856 #9BC238 #38C2A4 #5F38C2
square
#C23856 #9BC238 #38C2A4 #5F38C2
split-complementary
#C23856 #38C25F #389BC2
monochromatic
#631D2C #932A41 #C23856 #D2657D #E094A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26
#C23856 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99
#C23856 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23856
5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C23856#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C238561.005.263.995.26
#FFFFFF5.261.0021.001.00
#0000003.9921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.261.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5B5A56
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F7653
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D41644
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c23856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 56, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.174 12.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7985',
    500: '#c23856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c23856;
$custom-light: #db7985;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c23856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.957,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55312,
    "c": 0.17415,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C23856
secondary
#8ACBBD
accent
#DFBE49
background
#FEF7F8
surface
#FCEEEF
border
#D5C9CA
text
#160A0B
muted
#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23856

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#C23856 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva