#C23B40#C23B40

#C23B40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.171 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C23B40
RGBrgb(194, 59, 64)
HSLhsl(358, 53%, 50%)
HSVhsv(358, 70%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.6%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(45.59, 53.75, 28.29)
CIE-LCHlch(45.59, 60.74, 27.76°)
OKLaboklab(55.18% 0.1579 0.0664)
OKLCHoklch(55.18% 0.171 22.8)
XYZxyz(24.7401, 14.9710, 6.4365)
Luminance0.1497 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C23B40 #3BC2BD
analogous
#C23B83 #C23B40 #C27A3B
triadic
#C23B40 #40C23B #3B40C2
tetradic
#C23B40 #83C23B #3BC2BD #7A3BC2
square
#C23B40 #83C23B #3BC2BD #7A3BC2
split-complementary
#C23B40 #3BC27A #3B83C2
monochromatic
#641E21 #932D31 #C23B40 #D1696D #E0989A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26
#C23B40 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99
#C23B40 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B40
5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C23B40#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C23B401.005.263.995.26
#FFFFFF5.261.0021.001.00
#0000003.9921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.261.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#605A3F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#82773C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5123E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c23b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.171 22.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7a75',
    500: '#c23b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c23b40;
$custom-light: #dc7a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c23b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.778,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55176,
    "c": 0.17131,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C23B40
secondary
#8ECBC9
accent
#DDD74B
background
#FEF7F7
surface
#FDEEED
border
#D5C9C8
text
#160A08
muted
#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23B40

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#C23B40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva