#C23A2D#C23A2D

#C23A2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.175 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A2D
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 45)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 76.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.20, 53.26, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.20, 65.90, 36.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.1524 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.175 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2376, 14.6886, 4.0411)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A2D #2DB5C2

analogous

#C22D6B #C23A2D #C2852D

triadic

#C23A2D #2DC23A #3A2DC2

tetradic

#C23A2D #6BC22D #2DB5C2 #852DC2

square

#C23A2D #6BC22D #2DB5C2 #852DC2

split-complementary

#C23A2D #2DC285 #2D6BC2

monochromatic

#5F1C16 #902B21 #C23A2D #D76055 #E38E86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#C23A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#C23A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A2D

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A2D	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62582A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.175 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7967',
    500: '#c23a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a2d;
$custom-light: #dd7967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.235,
    "s": 62.343,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54805,
    "c": 0.17485,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A2D

secondary

#7EC6CD

accent

#D7E542

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A2D

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

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