#C23D34#C23D34

#C23D34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.171 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23D34
RGB	rgb(194, 61, 52)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 73.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.71, 52.37, 35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.71, 63.24, 34.09°)
OKLab	oklab(55.21% 0.1511 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(55.21% 0.171 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5394, 15.0584, 4.8626)
Luminance	0.1505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23D34 #34B9C2

analogous

#C23472 #C23D34 #C28434

triadic

#C23D34 #34C23D #3D34C2

tetradic

#C23D34 #72C234 #34B9C2 #8434C2

square

#C23D34 #72C234 #34B9C2 #8434C2

split-complementary

#C23D34 #34C284 #3472C2

monochromatic

#611F1A #922E27 #C23D34 #D4665F #E1958F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#C23D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#C23D34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D34

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23D34	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5123C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.171 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a6c',
    500: '#c23d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23d34;
$custom-light: #dd7a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.803,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55212,
    "c": 0.17097,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23D34

secondary

#86C7CC

accent

#D7E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23D34

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

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