#C23C52#C23C52

#C23C52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.170 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23C52
RGB	rgb(194, 60, 82)
HSL	hsl(350, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 57.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 54.51, 17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 57.40, 18.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.1637 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.17 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3894, 15.3138, 9.5999)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23C52 #3CC2AC

analogous

#C23C95 #C23C52 #C2693C

triadic

#C23C52 #52C23C #3C52C2

tetradic

#C23C52 #95C23C #3CC2AC #693CC2

square

#C23C52 #95C23C #3CC2AC #693CC2

split-complementary

#C23C52 #3CC269 #3C95C2

monochromatic

#651F2A #932E3E #C23C52 #D16A7B #DF99A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C23C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C23C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23C52

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23C52	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81774F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 60, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.170 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7a82',
    500: '#c23c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23c52;
$custom-light: #db7a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.149,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55629,
    "c": 0.16963,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23C52

secondary

#8FCBC1

accent

#DCC44C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23C52

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

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