#C23B53#C23B53

#C23B53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.171 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C23B53
RGBrgb(194, 59, 83)
HSLhsl(349, 53%, 50%)
HSVhsv(349, 70%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.6%, 57.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(45.94, 54.97, 17.21)
CIE-LCHlch(45.94, 57.60, 17.39°)
OKLaboklab(55.55% 0.1653 0.0427)
OKLCHoklch(55.55% 0.171 14.5)
XYZxyz(25.3758, 15.2253, 9.7845)
Luminance0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C23B53 #3BC2AA
analogous
#C23B97 #C23B53 #C2663B
triadic
#C23B53 #53C23B #3B53C2
tetradic
#C23B53 #97C23B #3BC2AA #663BC2
square
#C23B53 #97C23B #3BC2AA #663BC2
split-complementary
#C23B53 #3BC266 #3B97C2
monochromatic
#641E2B #932D3F #C23B53 #D1697B #E098A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19
#C23B53 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04
#C23B53 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B53
5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C23B53#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C23B531.005.194.045.19
#FFFFFF5.191.0021.001.00
#0000004.0421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.191.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5D5B53
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#807750
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D41B45
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c23b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.171 14.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7a83',
    500: '#c23b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c23b53;
$custom-light: #db7a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c23b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.333,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55547,
    "c": 0.17075,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C23B53
secondary
#8ECBC0
accent
#DDC34B
background
#FEF7F7
surface
#FCEEEE
border
#D5C9C9
text
#160A0A
muted
#847C7C

Preview Lab

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#C23B53 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva