#C23D3F#C23D3F

#C23D3F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.169 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23D3F
RGB	rgb(194, 61, 63)
HSL	hsl(359, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 67.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.87, 52.91, 29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.87, 60.44, 28.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.37% 0.1551 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(55.37% 0.169 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8167, 15.1693, 6.3229)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23D3F #3DC2C0

analogous

#C23D81 #C23D3F #C27E3D

triadic

#C23D3F #3FC23D #3D3FC2

tetradic

#C23D3F #81C23D #3DC2C0 #7E3DC2

square

#C23D3F #81C23D #3DC2C0 #7E3DC2

split-complementary

#C23D3F #3DC27E #3D81C2

monochromatic

#652021 #932E30 #C23D3F #D16C6D #DF9A9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#C23D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C23D3F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D3F

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23D3F	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)

#625A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5173F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.169 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b74',
    500: '#c23d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23d3f;
$custom-light: #dc7b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.098,
    "s": 52.157,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55373,
    "c": 0.16944,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23D3F

secondary

#90CBCA

accent

#DCD94C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23D3F

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

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