#C23C33#C23C33

#C23C33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.172 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23C33
RGB	rgb(194, 60, 51)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 73.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.56, 52.72, 35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.56, 63.75, 34.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% 0.152 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.172 28)
XYZ	xyz(24.4643, 14.9437, 4.7276)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23C33 #33B9C2

analogous

#C23372 #C23C33 #C28333

triadic

#C23C33 #33C23C #3C33C2

tetradic

#C23C33 #72C233 #33B9C2 #8333C2

square

#C23C33 #72C233 #33B9C2 #8333C2

split-complementary

#C23C33 #33C283 #3372C2

monochromatic

#611E1A #922D26 #C23C33 #D5655E #E1938E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#C23C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#C23C33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23C33

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23C33	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D50F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 60, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.172 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a6b',
    500: '#c23c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23c33;
$custom-light: #dd7a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.776,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5509,
    "c": 0.17206,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.1494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23C33

secondary

#85C7CC

accent

#D8E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23C33

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

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