#C23A55#C23A55

#C23A55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.172 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A55
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 85)
HSL	hsl(348, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(348, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 55.50, 15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 57.72, 15.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1673 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.172 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4033, 15.1548, 10.1801)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A55 #3AC2A7

analogous

#C23A99 #C23A55 #C2633A

triadic

#C23A55 #55C23A #3A55C2

tetradic

#C23A55 #99C23A #3AC2A7 #633AC2

square

#C23A55 #99C23A #3AC2A7 #633AC2

split-complementary

#C23A55 #3AC263 #3A99C2

monochromatic

#641E2C #932C40 #C23A55 #D2677D #E097A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#C23A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C23A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A55

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A55	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41A45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.172 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7a84',
    500: '#c23a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a55;
$custom-light: #db7a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.088,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55489,
    "c": 0.17194,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A55

secondary

#8DCBBF

accent

#DDC04A

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A55

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

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