#C23936#C23936

#C23936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.174 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23936
RGB	rgb(194, 57, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.17, 54.01, 33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.17, 63.65, 31.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.1567 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.174 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3798, 14.6656, 5.0363)
Luminance	0.1466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23936 #36BFC2

analogous

#C23679 #C23936 #C27F36

triadic

#C23936 #36C239 #3936C2

tetradic

#C23936 #79C236 #36BFC2 #7F36C2

square

#C23936 #79C236 #36BFC2 #7F36C2

split-complementary

#C23936 #36C27F #3679C2

monochromatic

#621D1B #922B29 #C23936 #D36462 #E19392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#C23936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C23936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23936

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23936	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5043A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 57, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.174 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd786d',
    500: '#c23936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23936;
$custom-light: #dd786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.286,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54815,
    "c": 0.17439,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23936

secondary

#88CACC

accent

#DCE048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23936

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

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