#C23C53#C23C53

#C23C53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.170 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23C53
RGB	rgb(194, 60, 83)
HSL	hsl(350, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 57.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, 54.58, 17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 57.29, 17.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.1641 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.17 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4277, 15.3291, 9.8018)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23C53 #3CC2AB

analogous

#C23C96 #C23C53 #C2683C

triadic

#C23C53 #53C23C #3C53C2

tetradic

#C23C53 #96C23C #3CC2AB #683CC2

square

#C23C53 #96C23C #3CC2AB #683CC2

split-complementary

#C23C53 #3CC268 #3C96C2

monochromatic

#651F2B #932E3F #C23C53 #D16A7C #DF99A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C23C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C23C53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23C53

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23C53	1.00	5.17	4.07	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 60, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.170 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7a83',
    500: '#c23c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23c53;
$custom-light: #db7a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.701,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55651,
    "c": 0.16967,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23C53

secondary

#8FCBC1

accent

#DCC34C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23C53

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

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