#C23A21#C23A21

#C23A21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.177 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A21
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 33)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 83%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 52.86, 44.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 69.41, 40.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% 0.1489 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.177 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0386, 14.6089, 2.9926)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A21 #21A9C2

analogous

#C22158 #C23A21 #C28B21

triadic

#C23A21 #21C23A #3A21C2

tetradic

#C23A21 #58C221 #21A9C2 #8B21C2

square

#C23A21 #58C221 #21A9C2 #8B21C2

split-complementary

#C23A21 #21C28B #2158C2

monochromatic

#591B0F #8E2A18 #C23A21 #DF5A41 #E88776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#C23A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#C23A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A21

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A21	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84761A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.177 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de795f',
    500: '#c23a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a21;
$custom-light: #de795f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.317,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54687,
    "c": 0.17682,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A21

secondary

#70C0CF

accent

#D2EE3A

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEEE9

border

#D6C9C5

text

#170A05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A21

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

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