#C23949#C23949

#C23949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.173 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23949
RGB	rgb(194, 57, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 55.05, 22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 59.54, 22.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% 0.1638 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.173 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9164, 14.8802, 7.8622)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23949 #39C2B2

analogous

#C2398E #C23949 #C26E39

triadic

#C23949 #49C239 #3949C2

tetradic

#C23949 #8EC239 #39C2B2 #6E39C2

square

#C23949 #8EC239 #39C2B2 #6E39C2

split-complementary

#C23949 #39C26E #398EC2

monochromatic

#631D25 #932B37 #C23949 #D26673 #E0959E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#C23949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#C23949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23949

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23949	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 57, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.173 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc797b',
    500: '#c23949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23949;
$custom-light: #dc797b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.993,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55132,
    "c": 0.17274,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23949

secondary

#8BCBC4

accent

#DECD4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23949

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

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