#C23C30#C23C30

#C23C30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.173 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23C30
RGB	rgb(194, 60, 48)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 75.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 52.60, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 64.59, 35.48°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.151 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.173 29)
XYZ	xyz(24.4002, 14.9181, 4.3904)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23C30 #30B6C2

analogous

#C2306D #C23C30 #C28530

triadic

#C23C30 #30C23C #3C30C2

tetradic

#C23C30 #6DC230 #30B6C2 #8530C2

square

#C23C30 #6DC230 #30B6C2 #8530C2

split-complementary

#C23C30 #30C285 #306DC2

monochromatic

#601E18 #912D24 #C23C30 #D66359 #E2918A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#C23C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#C23C30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23C30

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23C30	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63592E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 60, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.173 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a69',
    500: '#c23c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23c30;
$custom-light: #dd7a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.932,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55053,
    "c": 0.17255,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.14914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23C30

secondary

#82C6CC

accent

#D6E344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23C30

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

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