#C23946#C23946

#C23946 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.173 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23946
RGB	rgb(194, 57, 70)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 63.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.42, 54.86, 24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.42, 60.06, 24.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.08% 0.1627 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(55.08% 0.173 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8193, 14.8414, 7.3509)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23946 #39C2B5

analogous

#C2398A #C23946 #C27139

triadic

#C23946 #46C239 #3946C2

tetradic

#C23946 #8AC239 #39C2B5 #7139C2

square

#C23946 #8AC239 #39C2B5 #7139C2

split-complementary

#C23946 #39C271 #398AC2

monochromatic

#631D24 #932B35 #C23946 #D26670 #E0959C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#C23946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#C23946 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23946

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23946	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50F3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 57, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.173 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7979',
    500: '#c23946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23946;
$custom-light: #dc7979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.307,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55075,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23946

secondary

#8BCBC5

accent

#DED04A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23946

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

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