#C23C4C#C23C4C

#C23C4C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.170 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23C4C
RGB	rgb(194, 60, 76)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 60.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 54.09, 21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 58.21, 21.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% 0.1613 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.17 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1710, 15.2264, 8.4496)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23C4C #3CC2B2

analogous

#C23C8F #C23C4C #C26F3C

triadic

#C23C4C #4CC23C #3C4CC2

tetradic

#C23C4C #8FC23C #3CC2B2 #6F3CC2

square

#C23C4C #8FC23C #3CC2B2 #6F3CC2

split-complementary

#C23C4C #3CC26F #3C8FC2

monochromatic

#651F27 #932E3A #C23C4C #D16A76 #DF99A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#C23C4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C23C4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23C4C

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23C4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23C4C	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23c4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 60, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.170 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7a7d',
    500: '#c23c4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23c4c;
$custom-light: #db7a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23c4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.836,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55503,
    "c": 0.16958,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23C4C

secondary

#8FCBC4

accent

#DCCB4C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23C4C

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

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