#C23A45#C23A45

#C23A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.172 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A45
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 69)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 64.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.54, 54.42, 25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.54, 59.98, 24.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.16% 0.1611 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(55.16% 0.172 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8379, 14.9287, 7.2027)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A45 #3AC2B7

analogous

#C23A89 #C23A45 #C2733A

triadic

#C23A45 #45C23A #3A45C2

tetradic

#C23A45 #89C23A #3AC2B7 #733AC2

square

#C23A45 #89C23A #3AC2B7 #733AC2

split-complementary

#C23A45 #3AC273 #3A89C2

monochromatic

#641E23 #932C34 #C23A45 #D26770 #E0979D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#C23A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#C23A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A45

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A45	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5123F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.172 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7978',
    500: '#c23a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a45;
$custom-light: #dc7978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.147,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55159,
    "c": 0.1719,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A45

secondary

#8DCBC6

accent

#DDD14A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A45

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

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