#C23D48#C23D48

#C23D48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.169 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C23D48
RGBrgb(194, 61, 72)
HSLhsl(355, 52%, 50%)
HSVhsv(355, 69%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.6%, 62.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(46.01, 53.44, 24.01)
CIE-LCHlch(46.01, 58.59, 24.19°)
OKLaboklab(55.53% 0.1585 0.0577)
OKLCHoklch(55.53% 0.169 20)
XYZxyz(25.0891, 15.2782, 7.7575)
Luminance0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C23D48 #3DC2B7
analogous
#C23D8A #C23D48 #C2753D
triadic
#C23D48 #48C23D #3D48C2
tetradic
#C23D48 #8AC23D #3DC2B7 #753DC2
square
#C23D48 #8AC23D #3DC2B7 #753DC2
split-complementary
#C23D48 #3DC275 #3D8AC2
monochromatic
#652025 #932E37 #C23D48 #D16C74 #DF9AA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18
#C23D48 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06
#C23D48 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D48
5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C23D48#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C23D481.005.184.065.18
#FFFFFF5.181.0021.001.00
#0000004.0621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.181.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#605B47
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#827744
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D51B42
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c23d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.169 20.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7b7b',
    500: '#c23d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c23d48;
$custom-light: #db7b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c23d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.038,
    "s": 52.157,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55531,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.15275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C23D48
secondary
#90CBC6
accent
#DCD04C
background
#FEF7F7
surface
#FDEEED
border
#D5C9C8
text
#160A09
muted
#847C7B

Preview Lab

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#C23D48 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva