#C23C2E#C23C2E

#C23C2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.173 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23C2E
RGB	rgb(194, 60, 46)
HSL	hsl(6, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 76.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.50, 52.52, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.50, 65.16, 36.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.03% 0.1503 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(55.03% 0.173 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3599, 14.9020, 4.1779)
Luminance	0.1490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23C2E #2EB4C2

analogous

#C22E6A #C23C2E #C2862E

triadic

#C23C2E #2EC23C #3C2EC2

tetradic

#C23C2E #6AC22E #2EB4C2 #862EC2

square

#C23C2E #6AC22E #2EB4C2 #862EC2

split-complementary

#C23C2E #2EC286 #2E6AC2

monochromatic

#5F1D17 #912D22 #C23C2E #D76256 #E39088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#C23C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#C23C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23C2E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23C2E	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63592B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 60, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.173 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a68',
    500: '#c23c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23c2e;
$custom-light: #dd7a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.676,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55029,
    "c": 0.17289,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23C2E

secondary

#7FC5CC

accent

#D5E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23C2E

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

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