#C23D2E#C23D2E

#C23D2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.172 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23D2E
RGB	rgb(194, 61, 46)
HSL	hsl(6, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 76.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.64, 52.12, 38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.64, 64.94, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.1491 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.172 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4128, 15.0077, 4.1956)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23D2E #2EB3C2

analogous

#C22E69 #C23D2E #C2872E

triadic

#C23D2E #2EC23D #3D2EC2

tetradic

#C23D2E #69C22E #2EB3C2 #872EC2

square

#C23D2E #69C22E #2EB3C2 #872EC2

split-complementary

#C23D2E #2EC287 #2E69C2

monochromatic

#5F1E17 #912D22 #C23D2E #D76356 #E39188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#C23D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#C23D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D2E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23D2E	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5103B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.172 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a68',
    500: '#c23d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23d2e;
$custom-light: #dd7a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.081,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55138,
    "c": 0.17198,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23D2E

secondary

#7FC5CC

accent

#D4E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23D2E

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

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