#C23D2F#C23D2F

#C23D2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.172 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23D2F
RGB	rgb(194, 61, 47)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 75.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 52.16, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 64.65, 36.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% 0.1494 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.172 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4327, 15.0157, 4.3006)
Luminance	0.1501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23D2F #2FB4C2

analogous

#C22F6B #C23D2F #C2862F

triadic

#C23D2F #2FC23D #3D2FC2

tetradic

#C23D2F #6BC22F #2FB4C2 #862FC2

square

#C23D2F #6BC22F #2FB4C2 #862FC2

split-complementary

#C23D2F #2FC286 #2F6BC2

monochromatic

#5F1E17 #912E23 #C23D2F #D66458 #E29289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#C23D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#C23D2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D2F

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23D2F	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)

#635A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5103B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.172 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a68',
    500: '#c23d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23d2f;
$custom-light: #dd7a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 60.996,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55149,
    "c": 0.17181,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23D2F

secondary

#81C5CC

accent

#D5E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23D2F

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

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