#C23A51#C23A51

#C23A51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.172 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A51
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 81)
HSL	hsl(350, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(350, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.76, 55.21, 18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.76, 58.13, 18.24°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% 0.1658 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.172 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2488, 15.0931, 9.3667)
Luminance	0.1509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A51 #3AC2AB

analogous

#C23A95 #C23A51 #C2673A

triadic

#C23A51 #51C23A #3A51C2

tetradic

#C23A51 #95C23A #3AC2AB #673AC2

square

#C23A51 #95C23A #3AC2AB #673AC2

split-complementary

#C23A51 #3AC267 #3A95C2

monochromatic

#641E2A #932C3D #C23A51 #D26779 #E097A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#C23A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C23A51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A51

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A51	1.00	5.23	4.02	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80774D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.172 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7981',
    500: '#c23a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a51;
$custom-light: #db7981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.853,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55399,
    "c": 0.17174,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A51

secondary

#8DCBC1

accent

#DDC44A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A51

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

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