#C23D43#C23D43

#C23D43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.169 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23D43
RGB	rgb(194, 61, 67)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 65.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.93, 53.14, 26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.93, 59.56, 26.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.1566 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.169 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9326, 15.2156, 6.9331)
Luminance	0.1521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23D43 #3DC2BC

analogous

#C23D86 #C23D43 #C2793D

triadic

#C23D43 #43C23D #3D43C2

tetradic

#C23D43 #86C23D #3DC2BC #793DC2

square

#C23D43 #86C23D #3DC2BC #793DC2

split-complementary

#C23D43 #3DC279 #3D86C2

monochromatic

#652023 #932E33 #C23D43 #D16C70 #DF9A9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#C23D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C23D43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D43

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23D43	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.169 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b77',
    500: '#c23d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23d43;
$custom-light: #dc7b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.293,
    "s": 52.157,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55441,
    "c": 0.16905,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23D43

secondary

#90CBC9

accent

#DCD54C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23D43

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

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