#C23D36#C23D36

#C23D36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.171 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23D36
RGB	rgb(194, 61, 54)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 52.46, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 62.70, 33.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.24% 0.1518 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(55.24% 0.171 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5854, 15.0768, 5.1049)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23D36 #36BBC2

analogous

#C23675 #C23D36 #C28336

triadic

#C23D36 #36C23D #3D36C2

tetradic

#C23D36 #75C236 #36BBC2 #8336C2

square

#C23D36 #75C236 #36BBC2 #8336C2

split-complementary

#C23D36 #36C283 #3675C2

monochromatic

#621F1B #922E29 #C23D36 #D36862 #E19692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#C23D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#C23D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D36

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23D36	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5133D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.171 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7a6d',
    500: '#c23d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23d36;
$custom-light: #dd7a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55239,
    "c": 0.17066,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23D36

secondary

#88C8CC

accent

#D8E048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23D36

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

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