#C23B59#C23B59

#C23B59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.171 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23B59
RGB	rgb(194, 59, 89)
HSL	hsl(347, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(347, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 55.42, 13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 57.09, 13.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1677 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.171 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6176, 15.3220, 11.0577)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23B59 #3BC2A4

analogous

#C23B9C #C23B59 #C2613B

triadic

#C23B59 #59C23B #3B59C2

tetradic

#C23B59 #9CC23B #3BC2A4 #613BC2

square

#C23B59 #9CC23B #3BC2A4 #613BC2

split-complementary

#C23B59 #3BC261 #3B9CC2

monochromatic

#641E2E #932D43 #C23B59 #D16980 #E098A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C23B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C23B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B59

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23B59	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.171 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7a87',
    500: '#c23b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23b59;
$custom-light: #db7a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55687,
    "c": 0.17119,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23B59

secondary

#8ECBBE

accent

#DDBC4B

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23B59

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

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