#C23E21#C23E21

#C23E21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.173 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E21
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 33)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 83%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.67, 51.28, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.67, 68.56, 41.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% 0.144 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.173 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2481, 15.0281, 3.0625)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E21 #21A5C2

analogous

#C22155 #C23E21 #C28E21

triadic

#C23E21 #21C23E #3E21C2

tetradic

#C23E21 #55C221 #21A5C2 #8E21C2

square

#C23E21 #55C221 #21A5C2 #8E21C2

split-complementary

#C23E21 #21C28E #2155C2

monochromatic

#591D0F #8E2D18 #C23E21 #DF5E41 #E88A76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#C23E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#C23E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E21

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E21	1.00	5.24	4.00	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85771A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D60F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.173 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b5f',
    500: '#c23e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e21;
$custom-light: #de7b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.807,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55121,
    "c": 0.17338,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E21

secondary

#70BECF

accent

#CDEE3A

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEEE9

border

#D6C9C5

text

#170A05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E21

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

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