#C23D52#C23D52

#C23D52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.169 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23D52
RGB	rgb(194, 61, 82)
HSL	hsl(351, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 57.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.20, 54.12, 18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.20, 57.09, 18.57°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.1625 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.169 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4423, 15.4195, 9.6175)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23D52 #3DC2AD

analogous

#C23D95 #C23D52 #C26A3D

triadic

#C23D52 #52C23D #3D52C2

tetradic

#C23D52 #95C23D #3DC2AD #6A3DC2

square

#C23D52 #95C23D #3DC2AD #6A3DC2

split-complementary

#C23D52 #3DC26A #3D95C2

monochromatic

#65202B #932E3E #C23D52 #D16C7C #DF9AA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#C23D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#C23D52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23D52

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23D52	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81784F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 61, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.169 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7b82',
    500: '#c23d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23d52;
$custom-light: #db7b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.526,
    "s": 52.157,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55735,
    "c": 0.16855,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23D52

secondary

#90CBC2

accent

#DCC54C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23D52

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

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