#C23B3E#C23B3E

#C23B3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.172 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23B3E
RGB	rgb(194, 59, 62)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 68%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.56, 53.64, 29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.56, 61.19, 28.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.1572 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.172 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6842, 14.9487, 6.1421)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23B3E #3BC2BF

analogous

#C23B81 #C23B3E #C27C3B

triadic

#C23B3E #3EC23B #3B3EC2

tetradic

#C23B3E #81C23B #3BC2BF #7C3BC2

square

#C23B3E #81C23B #3BC2BF #7C3BC2

split-complementary

#C23B3E #3BC27C #3B81C2

monochromatic

#641E20 #932D2F #C23B3E #D1696B #E09899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#C23B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#C23B3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B3E

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23B3E	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61593D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82763A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5113E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.172 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7a73',
    500: '#c23b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23b3e;
$custom-light: #dc7a73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.667,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55143,
    "c": 0.17152,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23B3E

secondary

#8ECBCA

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23B3E

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