#C23D51#C23D51

#C23D51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.169 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23D51
RGB	rgb(194, 61, 81)
HSL	hsl(351, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, 54.05, 18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 57.21, 19.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% 0.1621 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.169 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4045, 15.4044, 9.4186)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23D51 #3DC2AE

analogous

#C23D94 #C23D51 #C26B3D

triadic

#C23D51 #51C23D #3D51C2

tetradic

#C23D51 #94C23D #3DC2AE #6B3DC2

square

#C23D51 #94C23D #3DC2AE #6B3DC2

split-complementary

#C23D51 #3DC26B #3D94C2

monochromatic

#65202A #932E3E #C23D51 #D16C7B #DF9AA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C23D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C23D51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D51

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23D51	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)

#5F5C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81784E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.169 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7b81',
    500: '#c23d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23d51;
$custom-light: #db7b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.977,
    "s": 52.157,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55713,
    "c": 0.16852,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23D51

secondary

#90CBC2

accent

#DCC64C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23D51

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

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