#C23C4E#C23C4E

#C23C4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.170 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23C4E
RGB	rgb(194, 60, 78)
HSL	hsl(352, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 59.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 54.23, 20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 57.91, 20.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.1621 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.17 17)
XYZ	xyz(25.2416, 15.2546, 8.8215)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23C4E #3CC2B0

analogous

#C23C91 #C23C4E #C26D3C

triadic

#C23C4E #4EC23C #3C4EC2

tetradic

#C23C4E #91C23C #3CC2B0 #6D3CC2

square

#C23C4E #91C23C #3CC2B0 #6D3CC2

split-complementary

#C23C4E #3CC26D #3C91C2

monochromatic

#651F28 #932E3B #C23C4E #D16A78 #DF99A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#C23C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C23C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23C4E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23C4E	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81774A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 60, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.170 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7a7f',
    500: '#c23c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23c4e;
$custom-light: #db7a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.94,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55544,
    "c": 0.16956,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.15251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23C4E

secondary

#8FCBC3

accent

#DCC94C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23C4E

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

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