#C23D30#C23D30

#C23D30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.172 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23D30
RGB	rgb(194, 61, 48)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 75.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.67, 52.20, 37.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.67, 64.36, 35.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.16% 0.1497 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(55.16% 0.172 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4531, 15.0239, 4.4080)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23D30 #30B5C2

analogous

#C2306C #C23D30 #C28630

triadic

#C23D30 #30C23D #3D30C2

tetradic

#C23D30 #6CC230 #30B5C2 #8630C2

square

#C23D30 #6CC230 #30B5C2 #8630C2

split-complementary

#C23D30 #30C286 #306CC2

monochromatic

#601E18 #912E24 #C23D30 #D66459 #E2928A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#C23D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#C23D30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D30

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23D30	1.00	5.24	4.00	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5113B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.172 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a69',
    500: '#c23d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23d30;
$custom-light: #dd7a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.342,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55161,
    "c": 0.17164,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23D30

secondary

#82C5CC

accent

#D5E344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23D30

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

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