#C23B5B#C23B5B

#C23B5B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.171 H 10.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23B5B
RGB	rgb(194, 59, 91)
HSL	hsl(346, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(346, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.6%, 53.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 55.58, 12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 56.98, 12.72°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.1684 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.171 10.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7027, 15.3561, 11.5061)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23B5B #3BC2A2

analogous

#C23B9F #C23B5B #C25F3B

triadic

#C23B5B #5BC23B #3B5BC2

tetradic

#C23B5B #9FC23B #3BC2A2 #5F3BC2

square

#C23B5B #9FC23B #3BC2A2 #5F3BC2

split-complementary

#C23B5B #3BC25F #3B9FC2

monochromatic

#641E2F #932D45 #C23B5B #D16982 #E098A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C23B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C23B5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23B5B

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23B5B	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 59, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.171 10.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7a89',
    500: '#c23b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23b5b;
$custom-light: #da7a89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.778,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55736,
    "c": 0.17142,
    "h": 10.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23B5B

secondary

#8ECBBD

accent

#DDBA4B

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEF0

border

#D5C9CB

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23B5B

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