#C23A50#C23A50

#C23A50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.172 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A50
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 80)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(350, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 58.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 55.13, 18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 58.25, 18.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.1654 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.172 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2116, 15.0782, 9.1707)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A50 #3AC2AC

analogous

#C23A94 #C23A50 #C2683A

triadic

#C23A50 #50C23A #3A50C2

tetradic

#C23A50 #94C23A #3AC2AC #683AC2

square

#C23A50 #94C23A #3AC2AC #683AC2

split-complementary

#C23A50 #3AC268 #3A94C2

monochromatic

#641E29 #932C3D #C23A50 #D26779 #E097A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#C23A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#C23A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A50

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A50	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80774C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.172 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7980',
    500: '#c23a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a50;
$custom-light: #db7980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.294,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55378,
    "c": 0.1717,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A50

secondary

#8DCBC1

accent

#DDC64A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A50

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

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