#C23A49#C23A49

#C23A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.172 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C23A49
RGBrgb(194, 58, 73)
HSLhsl(353, 54%, 49%)
HSVhsv(353, 70%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 70.1%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(45.61, 54.67, 22.88)
CIE-LCHlch(45.61, 59.26, 22.71°)
OKLaboklab(55.23% 0.1626 0.0552)
OKLCHoklch(55.23% 0.172 18.7)
XYZxyz(24.9663, 14.9800, 7.8788)
Luminance0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C23A49 #3AC2B3
analogous
#C23A8D #C23A49 #C26F3A
triadic
#C23A49 #49C23A #3A49C2
tetradic
#C23A49 #8DC23A #3AC2B3 #6F3AC2
square
#C23A49 #8DC23A #3AC2B3 #6F3AC2
split-complementary
#C23A49 #3AC26F #3A8DC2
monochromatic
#641E26 #932C37 #C23A49 #D26773 #E0979F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26
#C23A49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00
#C23A49 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A49
5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C23A49#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C23A491.005.264.005.26
#FFFFFF5.261.0021.001.00
#0000004.0021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.261.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5E5A49
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#817645
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D51440
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c23a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.172 18.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc797b',
    500: '#c23a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c23a49;
$custom-light: #dc797b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c23a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.382,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55234,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C23A49
secondary
#8DCBC4
accent
#DDCD4A
background
#FEF7F7
surface
#FDEEED
border
#D5C9C8
text
#160A09
muted
#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A49

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#C23A49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva