#C23B4F#C23B4F

#C23B4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.171 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23B4F
RGB	rgb(194, 59, 79)
HSL	hsl(351, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 59.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 54.68, 19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 58.07, 19.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.1638 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.171 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2258, 15.1653, 8.9945)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23B4F #3BC2AE

analogous

#C23B93 #C23B4F #C26A3B

triadic

#C23B4F #4FC23B #3B4FC2

tetradic

#C23B4F #93C23B #3BC2AE #6A3BC2

square

#C23B4F #93C23B #3BC2AE #6A3BC2

split-complementary

#C23B4F #3BC26A #3B93C2

monochromatic

#641E29 #932D3C #C23B4F #D16978 #E098A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#C23B4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C23B4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B4F

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23B4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23B4F	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81774B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23b4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.171 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7a80',
    500: '#c23b4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23b4f;
$custom-light: #db7a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23b4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.111,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5546,
    "c": 0.17063,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23B4F

secondary

#8ECBC2

accent

#DDC74B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23B4F

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

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