#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
RGBrgb(194, 57, 73)
HSLhsl(353, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(353, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 70.6%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(45.47, 55.05, 22.70)
CIE-LCHlch(45.47, 59.54, 22.41°)
OKLaboklab(55.13% 0.1638 0.0548)
OKLCHoklch(55.13% 0.173 18.5)
XYZxyz(24.9164, 14.8802, 7.8622)
Luminance0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##C239491.005.283.985.28
#FFFFFF5.281.0021.001.00
#0000003.9821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.281.0021.001.00

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

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#C23949 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva