#C23B2E#C23B2E

#C23B2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.174 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23B2E
RGB	rgb(194, 59, 46)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 76.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.36, 52.91, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.36, 65.39, 35.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% 0.1515 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.174 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3080, 14.7982, 4.1606)
Luminance	0.1479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23B2E #2EB5C2

analogous

#C22E6B #C23B2E #C2852E

triadic

#C23B2E #2EC23B #3B2EC2

tetradic

#C23B2E #6BC22E #2EB5C2 #852EC2

square

#C23B2E #6BC22E #2EB5C2 #852EC2

split-complementary

#C23B2E #2EC285 #2E6BC2

monochromatic

#5F1D17 #912C22 #C23B2E #D76256 #E39088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#C23B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#C23B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B2E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23B2E	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62592B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.174 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7968',
    500: '#c23b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23b2e;
$custom-light: #dd7968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.27,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54922,
    "c": 0.17379,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23B2E

secondary

#7FC6CC

accent

#D7E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23B2E

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

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