#C23A43#C23A43

#C23A43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.172 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A43
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 67)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 65.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 54.30, 26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 60.37, 25.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% 0.1603 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.172 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7769, 14.9043, 6.8813)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A43 #3AC2B9

analogous

#C23A87 #C23A43 #C2753A

triadic

#C23A43 #43C23A #3A43C2

tetradic

#C23A43 #87C23A #3AC2B9 #753AC2

square

#C23A43 #87C23A #3AC2B9 #753AC2

split-complementary

#C23A43 #3AC275 #3A87C2

monochromatic

#641E22 #932C33 #C23A43 #D2676F #E0979B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#C23A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#C23A43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A43

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A43	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82763F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5103E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.172 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7977',
    500: '#c23a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a43;
$custom-light: #dc7977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.029,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55123,
    "c": 0.17204,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A43

secondary

#8DCBC7

accent

#DDD44A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A43

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

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