#C23A3E#C23A3E

#C23A3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.172 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A3E
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 62)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 68%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.42, 54.03, 29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.42, 61.45, 28.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.04% 0.1584 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(55.04% 0.172 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6333, 14.8469, 6.1251)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A3E #3AC2BE

analogous

#C23A82 #C23A3E #C27A3A

triadic

#C23A3E #3EC23A #3A3EC2

tetradic

#C23A3E #82C23A #3AC2BE #7A3AC2

square

#C23A3E #82C23A #3AC2BE #7A3AC2

split-complementary

#C23A3E #3AC27A #3A82C2

monochromatic

#641E20 #932C2F #C23A3E #D2676B #E09799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#C23A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#C23A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A3E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A3E	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82763A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.172 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7973',
    500: '#c23a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a3e;
$custom-light: #dc7973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.235,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55039,
    "c": 0.17249,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A3E

secondary

#8DCBC9

accent

#DDD94A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A3E

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

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