#C23A26#C23A26

#C23A26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.176 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A26
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 38)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 80.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.14, 53.01, 42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.14, 67.94, 38.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.1503 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.176 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1139, 14.6391, 3.3893)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A26 #26AEC2

analogous

#C22660 #C23A26 #C28826

triadic

#C23A26 #26C23A #3A26C2

tetradic

#C23A26 #60C226 #26AEC2 #8826C2

square

#C23A26 #60C226 #26AEC2 #8826C2

split-complementary

#C23A26 #26C288 #2660C2

monochromatic

#5C1B12 #8F2B1C #C23A26 #DB5C4A #E68A7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#C23A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#C23A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A26

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A26	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.176 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7962',
    500: '#c23a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a26;
$custom-light: #de7962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.692,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54731,
    "c": 0.176,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A26

secondary

#76C2CE

accent

#D4EA3E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A26

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

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