#C23A52#C23A52

#C23A52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.172 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A52
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 82)
HSL	hsl(349, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 57.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, 55.28, 17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 58.01, 17.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.1662 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.172 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2866, 15.1082, 9.5656)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A52 #3AC2AA

analogous

#C23A96 #C23A52 #C2663A

triadic

#C23A52 #52C23A #3A52C2

tetradic

#C23A52 #96C23A #3AC2AA #663AC2

square

#C23A52 #96C23A #3AC2AA #663AC2

split-complementary

#C23A52 #3AC266 #3A96C2

monochromatic

#641E2A #932C3E #C23A52 #D2677A #E097A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C23A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C23A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A52

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A52	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80774F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.172 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7982',
    500: '#c23a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a52;
$custom-light: #db7982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55421,
    "c": 0.17177,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A52

secondary

#8DCBC0

accent

#DDC34A

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A52

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

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