#C23A2E#C23A2E

#C23A2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.175 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A2E
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 46)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 76.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.22, 53.29, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.22, 65.61, 35.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.1527 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.175 29)
XYZ	xyz(24.2571, 14.6964, 4.1437)
Luminance	0.1469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A2E #2EB6C2

analogous

#C22E6C #C23A2E #C2842E

triadic

#C23A2E #2EC23A #3A2EC2

tetradic

#C23A2E #6CC22E #2EB6C2 #842EC2

square

#C23A2E #6CC22E #2EB6C2 #842EC2

split-complementary

#C23A2E #2EC284 #2E6CC2

monochromatic

#5F1C17 #912B22 #C23A2E #D76156 #E38F88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#C23A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#C23A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A2E

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A2E	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)

#62582B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.175 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7968',
    500: '#c23a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a2e;
$custom-light: #dd7968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.865,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54816,
    "c": 0.17468,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.14693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A2E

secondary

#7FC6CC

accent

#D8E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A2E

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

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