#C23C49#C23C49

#C23C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.170 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23C49
RGB	rgb(194, 60, 73)
HSL	hsl(354, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(354, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, 53.90, 23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 58.70, 23.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.1602 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.17 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0691, 15.1856, 7.9131)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23C49 #3CC2B5

analogous

#C23C8C #C23C49 #C2723C

triadic

#C23C49 #49C23C #3C49C2

tetradic

#C23C49 #8CC23C #3CC2B5 #723CC2

square

#C23C49 #8CC23C #3CC2B5 #723CC2

split-complementary

#C23C49 #3CC272 #3C8CC2

monochromatic

#651F26 #932E37 #C23C49 #D16A74 #DF99A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#C23C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C23C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23C49

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23C49	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 60, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.170 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7a7b',
    500: '#c23c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23c49;
$custom-light: #db7a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.179,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55443,
    "c": 0.16967,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23C49

secondary

#8FCBC5

accent

#DCCE4C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23C49

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

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