#C23933#C23933

#C23933 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.175 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23933
RGB	rgb(194, 57, 51)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 73.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.13, 53.88, 35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.13, 64.45, 33.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.77% 0.1556 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(54.77% 0.175 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3115, 14.6383, 4.6767)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23933 #33BCC2

analogous

#C23375 #C23933 #C28033

triadic

#C23933 #33C239 #3933C2

tetradic

#C23933 #75C233 #33BCC2 #8033C2

square

#C23933 #75C233 #33BCC2 #8033C2

split-complementary

#C23933 #33C280 #3375C2

monochromatic

#611D1A #922B26 #C23933 #D5635E #E1928E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#C23933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C23933 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23933

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23933	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)

#615831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 57, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.175 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd786b',
    500: '#c23933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23933;
$custom-light: #dd786b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.517,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54774,
    "c": 0.17481,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23933

secondary

#85C9CC

accent

#DBE246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23933

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

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