#C23B2F#C23B2F

#C23B2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.174 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23B2F
RGB	rgb(194, 59, 47)
HSL	hsl(5, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 75.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.37, 52.95, 37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.37, 65.10, 35.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.93% 0.1519 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(54.93% 0.174 29)
XYZ	xyz(24.3279, 14.8062, 4.2656)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23B2F #2FB6C2

analogous

#C22F6D #C23B2F #C2852F

triadic

#C23B2F #2FC23B #3B2FC2

tetradic

#C23B2F #6DC22F #2FB6C2 #852FC2

square

#C23B2F #6DC22F #2FB6C2 #852FC2

split-complementary

#C23B2F #2FC285 #2F6DC2

monochromatic

#5F1D17 #912C23 #C23B2F #D66258 #E29089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#C23B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#C23B2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B2F

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23B2F	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)

#62592C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84762A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.174 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7968',
    500: '#c23b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23b2f;
$custom-light: #dd7968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.898,
    "s": 60.996,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54934,
    "c": 0.17363,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.14802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23B2F

secondary

#81C6CC

accent

#D7E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23B2F

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

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