#C23B3D#C23B3D

#C23B3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.172 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23B3D
RGB	rgb(194, 59, 61)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 68.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.55, 53.59, 30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.55, 61.42, 29.25°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% 0.1568 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.172 24)
XYZ	xyz(24.6571, 14.9378, 5.9989)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23B3D #3BC2C0

analogous

#C23B81 #C23B3D #C27D3B

triadic

#C23B3D #3DC23B #3B3DC2

tetradic

#C23B3D #81C23B #3BC2C0 #7D3BC2

square

#C23B3D #81C23B #3BC2C0 #7D3BC2

split-complementary

#C23B3D #3BC27D #3B81C2

monochromatic

#641E1F #932D2E #C23B3D #D1696A #E09899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#C23B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#C23B3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B3D

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23B3D	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61593C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5103D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.172 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7972',
    500: '#c23b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23b3d;
$custom-light: #dc7972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.111,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55127,
    "c": 0.17163,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.14934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23B3D

secondary

#8ECBCA

accent

#DDDB4B

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23B3D

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

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