#C23938#C23938

#C23938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.174 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23938
RGB	rgb(194, 57, 56)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.20, 54.11, 32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.20, 63.14, 31.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% 0.1574 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.174 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4278, 14.6848, 5.2888)
Luminance	0.1468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23938 #38C1C2

analogous

#C2387C #C23938 #C27E38

triadic

#C23938 #38C239 #3938C2

tetradic

#C23938 #7CC238 #38C1C2 #7E38C2

square

#C23938 #7CC238 #38C1C2 #7E38C2

split-complementary

#C23938 #38C27E #387CC2

monochromatic

#631D1D #932B2A #C23938 #D26665 #E09594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#C23938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#C23938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23938

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23938	1.00	5.34	3.94	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5053A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 57, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.174 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd786f',
    500: '#c23938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23938;
$custom-light: #dd786f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.435,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54843,
    "c": 0.17413,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23938

secondary

#8ACBCB

accent

#DDDF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23938

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

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