#C23D41#C23D41

#C23D41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.169 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23D41
RGB	rgb(194, 61, 65)
HSL	hsl(358, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(358, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 66.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.90, 53.02, 28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.90, 59.99, 27.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.1558 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.169 23)
XYZ	xyz(24.8736, 15.1921, 6.6226)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23D41 #3DC2BE

analogous

#C23D84 #C23D41 #C27B3D

triadic

#C23D41 #41C23D #3D41C2

tetradic

#C23D41 #84C23D #3DC2BE #7B3DC2

square

#C23D41 #84C23D #3DC2BE #7B3DC2

split-complementary

#C23D41 #3DC27B #3D84C2

monochromatic

#652022 #932E31 #C23D41 #D16C6F #DF9A9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#C23D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C23D41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D41

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23D41	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.169 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b75',
    500: '#c23d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23d41;
$custom-light: #dc7b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.195,
    "s": 52.157,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55406,
    "c": 0.16923,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.15188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23D41

secondary

#90CBC9

accent

#DCD74C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23D41

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

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