#C23E23#C23E23

#C23E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.173 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E23
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 35)
HSL	hsl(10, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 82%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.69, 51.34, 44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.69, 67.97, 40.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.1446 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.173 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2770, 15.0396, 3.2144)
Luminance	0.1504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E23 #23A7C2

analogous

#C22357 #C23E23 #C28E23

triadic

#C23E23 #23C23E #3E23C2

tetradic

#C23E23 #57C223 #23A7C2 #8E23C2

square

#C23E23 #57C223 #23A7C2 #8E23C2

split-complementary

#C23E23 #23C28E #2357C2

monochromatic

#5A1D10 #8E2D1A #C23E23 #DD5F45 #E78B79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.24

#C23E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#C23E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E23

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E23	1.00	5.24	4.01	5.24
#FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85771D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.173 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b61',
    500: '#c23e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e23;
$custom-light: #de7b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.189,
    "s": 69.432,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55138,
    "c": 0.17304,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E23

secondary

#72BFCE

accent

#CEEC3C

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E23

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

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