#C23B52#C23B52

#C23B52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.171 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23B52
RGB	rgb(194, 59, 82)
HSL	hsl(350, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 57.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.92, 54.90, 17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.92, 57.71, 17.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% 0.1649 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.171 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3375, 15.2100, 9.5826)
Luminance	0.1521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23B52 #3BC2AB

analogous

#C23B96 #C23B52 #C2683B

triadic

#C23B52 #52C23B #3B52C2

tetradic

#C23B52 #96C23B #3BC2AB #683BC2

square

#C23B52 #96C23B #3BC2AB #683BC2

split-complementary

#C23B52 #3BC268 #3B96C2

monochromatic

#641E2A #932D3E #C23B52 #D1697B #E098A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#C23B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C23B52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B52

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23B52	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80774F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.171 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7a82',
    500: '#c23b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23b52;
$custom-light: #db7a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.778,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55524,
    "c": 0.17071,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23B52

secondary

#8ECBC1

accent

#DDC44B

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23B52

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

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