#C23E1E#C23E1E

#C23E1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.174 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E1E
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 30)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 85%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 84.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.65, 51.20, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.65, 69.44, 42.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.1433 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.174 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2079, 15.0120, 2.8510)
Luminance	0.1501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E1E #1EA2C2

analogous

#C21E50 #C23E1E #C2901E

triadic

#C23E1E #1EC23E #3E1EC2

tetradic

#C23E1E #50C21E #1EA2C2 #901EC2

square

#C23E1E #50C21E #1EA2C2 #901EC2

split-complementary

#C23E1E #1EC290 #1E50C2

monochromatic

#581C0E #8D2D16 #C23E1E #E15C3C #E98971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#C23E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#C23E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E1E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E1E	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867716

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.174 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7a5d',
    500: '#c23e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e1e;
$custom-light: #de7a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.707,
    "s": 73.214,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55097,
    "c": 0.17389,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E1E

secondary

#6CBCD0

accent

#CCF038

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEEE9

border

#D6C9C5

text

#170A04

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E1E

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

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