#C23C3D#C23C3D

#C23C3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.171 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23C3D
RGB	rgb(194, 60, 61)
HSL	hsl(360, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(360, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 68.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.69, 53.20, 30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.69, 61.17, 29.57°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.1556 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.171 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7089, 15.0416, 6.0162)
Luminance	0.1504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23C3D #3CC2C1

analogous

#C23C80 #C23C3D #C27E3C

triadic

#C23C3D #3DC23C #3C3DC2

tetradic

#C23C3D #80C23C #3CC2C1 #7E3CC2

square

#C23C3D #80C23C #3CC2C1 #7E3CC2

split-complementary

#C23C3D #3CC27E #3C80C2

monochromatic

#651F20 #932E2E #C23C3D #D16A6B #DF9999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#C23C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#C23C3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23C3D

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23C3D	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5133E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 60, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.171 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7a72',
    500: '#c23c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23c3d;
$custom-light: #dc7a72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.552,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55234,
    "c": 0.17066,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23C3D

secondary

#8FCBCB

accent

#DCDB4C

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23C3D

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

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