#C23B4D#C23B4D

#C23B4D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.171 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23B4D
RGB	rgb(194, 59, 77)
HSL	hsl(352, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 60.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 54.55, 20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 58.35, 20.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.163 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.171 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.1541, 15.1366, 8.6169)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23B4D #3BC2B0

analogous

#C23B91 #C23B4D #C26D3B

triadic

#C23B4D #4DC23B #3B4DC2

tetradic

#C23B4D #91C23B #3BC2B0 #6D3BC2

square

#C23B4D #91C23B #3BC2B0 #6D3BC2

split-complementary

#C23B4D #3BC26D #3B91C2

monochromatic

#641E28 #932D3A #C23B4D #D16977 #E098A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C23B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C23B4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B4D

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23B4D	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.171 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7a7e',
    500: '#c23b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23b4d;
$custom-light: #db7a7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55418,
    "c": 0.17062,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23B4D

secondary

#8ECBC3

accent

#DDC94B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23B4D

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

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