#C23A57#C23A57

#C23A57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.172 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23A57
RGB	rgb(194, 58, 87)
HSL	hsl(347, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(347, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, 55.65, 14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 57.55, 14.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.1681 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.172 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4838, 15.1871, 10.6045)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23A57 #3AC2A5

analogous

#C23A9B #C23A57 #C2613A

triadic

#C23A57 #57C23A #3A57C2

tetradic

#C23A57 #9BC23A #3AC2A5 #613AC2

square

#C23A57 #9BC23A #3AC2A5 #613AC2

split-complementary

#C23A57 #3AC261 #3A9BC2

monochromatic

#641E2D #932C42 #C23A57 #D2677E #E097A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#C23A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C23A57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23A57

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23A57	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 58, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.172 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7a86',
    500: '#c23a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23a57;
$custom-light: #db7a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.206,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55536,
    "c": 0.1721,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23A57

secondary

#8DCBBE

accent

#DDBE4A

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23A57

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

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