#C23A2F#C23A2F

#C23A2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.175 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A2F
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 47)
HSL	hsl(4, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 75.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 53.33, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 65.33, 35.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.83% 0.1531 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(54.83% 0.175 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2770, 14.7043, 4.2487)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A2F #2FB7C2

analogous

#C22F6D #C23A2F #C2842F

triadic

#C23A2F #2FC23A #3A2FC2

tetradic

#C23A2F #6DC22F #2FB7C2 #842FC2

square

#C23A2F #6DC22F #2FB7C2 #842FC2

split-complementary

#C23A2F #2FC284 #2F6DC2

monochromatic

#5F1D17 #912B23 #C23A2F #D66158 #E29089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#C23A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#C23A2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A2F

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A2F	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)

#62582D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.175 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7968',
    500: '#c23a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a2f;
$custom-light: #dd7968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.49,
    "s": 60.996,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54828,
    "c": 0.17453,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A2F

secondary

#81C7CC

accent

#D8E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A2F

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

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