#C23B48#C23B48

#C23B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.171 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23B48
RGB	rgb(194, 59, 72)
HSL	hsl(354, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 62.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.73, 54.22, 23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.73, 59.15, 23.56°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% 0.161 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.171 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9843, 15.0687, 7.7226)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23B48 #3BC2B5

analogous

#C23B8C #C23B48 #C2713B

triadic

#C23B48 #48C23B #3B48C2

tetradic

#C23B48 #8CC23B #3BC2B5 #713BC2

square

#C23B48 #8CC23B #3BC2B5 #713BC2

split-complementary

#C23B48 #3BC271 #3B8CC2

monochromatic

#641E25 #932D37 #C23B48 #D16973 #E0989F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#C23B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#C23B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B48

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23B48	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.171 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7a7a',
    500: '#c23b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23b48;
$custom-light: #dc7a7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.222,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55319,
    "c": 0.17074,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23B48

secondary

#8ECBC5

accent

#DDCF4B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23B48

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

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