#C23D50#C23D50

#C23D50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.169 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23D50
RGB	rgb(194, 61, 80)
HSL	hsl(351, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 58.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.16, 53.98, 19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.16, 57.34, 19.72°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1617 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.169 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3673, 15.3895, 9.2226)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23D50 #3DC2AF

analogous

#C23D92 #C23D50 #C26D3D

triadic

#C23D50 #50C23D #3D50C2

tetradic

#C23D50 #92C23D #3DC2AF #6D3DC2

square

#C23D50 #92C23D #3DC2AF #6D3DC2

split-complementary

#C23D50 #3DC26D #3D92C2

monochromatic

#65202A #932E3D #C23D50 #D16C7A #DF9AA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C23D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C23D50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D50

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23D50	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81784D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.169 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7b80',
    500: '#c23d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23d50;
$custom-light: #db7b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 52.157,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55692,
    "c": 0.16851,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23D50

secondary

#90CBC3

accent

#DCC74C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23D50

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

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