#C23B45#C23B45

#C23B45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.171 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23B45
RGB	rgb(194, 59, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 64.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.68, 54.04, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.68, 59.71, 25.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.1598 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.171 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8888, 15.0305, 7.2197)
Luminance	0.1503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23B45 #3BC2B8

analogous

#C23B88 #C23B45 #C2753B

triadic

#C23B45 #45C23B #3B45C2

tetradic

#C23B45 #88C23B #3BC2B8 #753BC2

square

#C23B45 #88C23B #3BC2B8 #753BC2

split-complementary

#C23B45 #3BC275 #3B88C2

monochromatic

#641E24 #932D34 #C23B45 #D16971 #E0989D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#C23B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#C23B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B45

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23B45	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.171 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7a78',
    500: '#c23b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23b45;
$custom-light: #dc7a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55263,
    "c": 0.1709,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23B45

secondary

#8ECBC7

accent

#DDD24B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23B45

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

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