#C23A56#C23A56

#C23A56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.172 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A56
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 86)
HSL	hsl(348, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(348, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.87, 55.57, 15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.87, 57.63, 15.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% 0.1677 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.172 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4433, 15.1708, 10.3908)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A56 #3AC2A6

analogous

#C23A9A #C23A56 #C2623A

triadic

#C23A56 #56C23A #3A56C2

tetradic

#C23A56 #9AC23A #3AC2A6 #623AC2

square

#C23A56 #9AC23A #3AC2A6 #623AC2

split-complementary

#C23A56 #3AC262 #3A9AC2

monochromatic

#641E2C #932C41 #C23A56 #D2677D #E097A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#C23A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C23A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A56

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A56	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)

#5C5B56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.172 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7a85',
    500: '#c23a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a56;
$custom-light: #db7a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.647,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55513,
    "c": 0.17201,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A56

secondary

#8DCBBE

accent

#DDBF4A

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A56

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

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