#C23D3E#C23D3E

#C23D3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.170 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23D3E
RGB	rgb(194, 61, 62)
HSL	hsl(360, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(360, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 68%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 52.86, 29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 60.68, 29.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% 0.1547 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.17 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7890, 15.1582, 6.1770)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23D3E #3DC2C1

analogous

#C23D80 #C23D3E #C27F3D

triadic

#C23D3E #3EC23D #3D3EC2

tetradic

#C23D3E #80C23D #3DC2C1 #7F3DC2

square

#C23D3E #80C23D #3DC2C1 #7F3DC2

split-complementary

#C23D3E #3DC27F #3D80C2

monochromatic

#652020 #932E2F #C23D3E #D16C6C #DF9A9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#C23D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C23D3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D3E

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23D3E	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5163F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.170 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b73',
    500: '#c23d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23d3e;
$custom-light: #dc7b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.549,
    "s": 52.157,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55357,
    "c": 0.16956,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23D3E

secondary

#90CBCB

accent

#DCDB4C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23D3E

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

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