#C23931#C23931

#C23931 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.175 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23931
RGB	rgb(194, 57, 49)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.11, 53.80, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.11, 65.00, 34.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% 0.1549 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.175 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2684, 14.6210, 4.4494)
Luminance	0.1462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23931 #31BAC2

analogous

#C23172 #C23931 #C28131

triadic

#C23931 #31C239 #3931C2

tetradic

#C23931 #72C231 #31BAC2 #8131C2

square

#C23931 #72C231 #31BAC2 #8131C2

split-complementary

#C23931 #31C281 #3172C2

monochromatic

#601C18 #912B25 #C23931 #D6615B #E2908C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#C23931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#C23931 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23931

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23931	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61582F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 57, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.175 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd786a',
    500: '#c23931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23931;
$custom-light: #dd786a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.31,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54749,
    "c": 0.17511,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23931

secondary

#83C8CC

accent

#DAE345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23931

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

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