#C23A4A#C23A4A

#C23A4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.172 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A4A
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 74)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 61.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.63, 54.73, 22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.63, 59.10, 22.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.163 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.172 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9997, 14.9934, 8.0549)
Luminance	0.1499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A4A #3AC2B2

analogous

#C23A8E #C23A4A #C26E3A

triadic

#C23A4A #4AC23A #3A4AC2

tetradic

#C23A4A #8EC23A #3AC2B2 #6E3AC2

square

#C23A4A #8EC23A #3AC2B2 #6E3AC2

split-complementary

#C23A4A #3AC26E #3A8EC2

monochromatic

#641E26 #932C38 #C23A4A #D26774 #E0979F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#C23A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#C23A4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A4A

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A4A	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.172 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db797c',
    500: '#c23a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a4a;
$custom-light: #db797c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55254,
    "c": 0.17169,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A4A

secondary

#8DCBC4

accent

#DDCC4A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A4A

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

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