#C23932#C23932

#C23932 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.175 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23932
RGB	rgb(194, 57, 50)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 74.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.12, 53.84, 35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.12, 64.72, 33.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.1553 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.175 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2897, 14.6295, 4.5618)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23932 #32BBC2

analogous

#C23273 #C23932 #C28132

triadic

#C23932 #32C239 #3932C2

tetradic

#C23932 #73C232 #32BBC2 #8132C2

square

#C23932 #73C232 #32BBC2 #8132C2

split-complementary

#C23932 #32C281 #3273C2

monochromatic

#611C19 #912B25 #C23932 #D5625C #E2918D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#C23932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C23932 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23932

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23932	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 57, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.175 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd786a',
    500: '#c23932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23932;
$custom-light: #dd786a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.917,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54762,
    "c": 0.17496,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23932

secondary

#84C8CC

accent

#DBE246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23932

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

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