#C23C50#C23C50

#C23C50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.170 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23C50
RGB	rgb(194, 60, 80)
HSL	hsl(351, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 58.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 54.37, 19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 57.64, 19.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% 0.1629 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.17 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3144, 15.2838, 9.2049)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23C50 #3CC2AE

analogous

#C23C93 #C23C50 #C26B3C

triadic

#C23C50 #50C23C #3C50C2

tetradic

#C23C50 #93C23C #3CC2AE #6B3CC2

square

#C23C50 #93C23C #3CC2AE #6B3CC2

split-complementary

#C23C50 #3CC26B #3C93C2

monochromatic

#651F29 #932E3D #C23C50 #D16A7A #DF99A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#C23C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C23C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23C50

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23C50	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81774D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 60, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.170 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7a80',
    500: '#c23c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23c50;
$custom-light: #db7a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.045,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55586,
    "c": 0.16958,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23C50

secondary

#8FCBC2

accent

#DCC74C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23C50

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

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