#C23D4E#C23D4E

#C23D4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.169 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23D4E
RGB	rgb(194, 61, 78)
HSL	hsl(352, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 59.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 53.84, 20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 57.61, 20.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.1609 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.169 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2945, 15.3604, 8.8392)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23D4E #3DC2B1

analogous

#C23D90 #C23D4E #C26F3D

triadic

#C23D4E #4EC23D #3D4EC2

tetradic

#C23D4E #90C23D #3DC2B1 #6F3DC2

square

#C23D4E #90C23D #3DC2B1 #6F3DC2

split-complementary

#C23D4E #3DC26F #3D90C2

monochromatic

#652029 #932E3B #C23D4E #D16C78 #DF9AA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C23D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C23D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D4E

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23D4E	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81774B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.169 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7b7f',
    500: '#c23d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23d4e;
$custom-light: #db7b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.331,
    "s": 52.157,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5565,
    "c": 0.1685,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23D4E

secondary

#90CBC4

accent

#DCC94C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23D4E

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

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