#C23B44#C23B44

#C23B44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.171 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23B44
RGB	rgb(194, 59, 68)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 64.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 53.98, 25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 59.90, 25.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.1595 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.171 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8581, 15.0182, 7.0576)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23B44 #3BC2B9

analogous

#C23B88 #C23B44 #C2763B

triadic

#C23B44 #44C23B #3B44C2

tetradic

#C23B44 #88C23B #3BC2B9 #763BC2

square

#C23B44 #88C23B #3BC2B9 #763BC2

split-complementary

#C23B44 #3BC276 #3B88C2

monochromatic

#641E23 #932D34 #C23B44 #D16970 #E0989D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#C23B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#C23B44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B44

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23B44	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5143F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.171 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7a78',
    500: '#c23b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23b44;
$custom-light: #dc7a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55245,
    "c": 0.17097,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23B44

secondary

#8ECBC7

accent

#DDD34B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23B44

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

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