#C23943#C23943

#C23943 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.173 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23943
RGB	rgb(194, 57, 67)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 65.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.37, 54.68, 26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.37, 60.64, 25.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.1615 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.173 21)
XYZ	xyz(24.7270, 14.8044, 6.8646)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23943 #39C2B8

analogous

#C23988 #C23943 #C27339

triadic

#C23943 #43C239 #3943C2

tetradic

#C23943 #88C239 #39C2B8 #7339C2

square

#C23943 #88C239 #39C2B8 #7339C2

split-complementary

#C23943 #39C273 #3988C2

monochromatic

#631D22 #932B33 #C23943 #D2666E #E0959B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#C23943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#C23943 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23943

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23943	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50D3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 57, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.173 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7977',
    500: '#c23943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23943;
$custom-light: #dc7977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.62,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5502,
    "c": 0.17303,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.14801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23943

secondary

#8BCBC7

accent

#DED34A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23943

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

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