#C23B26#C23B26

#C23B26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.175 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23B26
RGB	rgb(194, 59, 38)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 80.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.28, 52.63, 42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.28, 67.73, 39.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% 0.1491 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.175 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1648, 14.7409, 3.4062)
Luminance	0.1474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23B26 #26ADC2

analogous

#C2265F #C23B26 #C28926

triadic

#C23B26 #26C23B #3B26C2

tetradic

#C23B26 #5FC226 #26ADC2 #8926C2

square

#C23B26 #5FC226 #26ADC2 #8926C2

split-complementary

#C23B26 #26C289 #265FC2

monochromatic

#5C1C12 #8F2B1C #C23B26 #DB5D4A #E68B7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#C23B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#C23B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B26

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23B26	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.175 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7962',
    500: '#c23b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23b26;
$custom-light: #de7962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.077,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54837,
    "c": 0.17513,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23B26

secondary

#76C2CE

accent

#D3EA3E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23B26

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

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