#C23D46#C23D46

#C23D46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.169 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23D46
RGB	rgb(194, 61, 70)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 63.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 53.32, 25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 58.96, 25.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1577 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.169 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0249, 15.2526, 7.4195)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23D46 #3DC2B9

analogous

#C23D88 #C23D46 #C2773D

triadic

#C23D46 #46C23D #3D46C2

tetradic

#C23D46 #88C23D #3DC2B9 #773DC2

square

#C23D46 #88C23D #3DC2B9 #773DC2

split-complementary

#C23D46 #3DC277 #3D88C2

monochromatic

#652024 #932E35 #C23D46 #D16C72 #DF9A9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#C23D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C23D46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D46

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23D46	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.169 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b79',
    500: '#c23d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23d46;
$custom-light: #dc7b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.94,
    "s": 52.157,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55494,
    "c": 0.16881,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23D46

secondary

#90CBC7

accent

#DCD24C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23D46

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

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