#C23E2E#C23E2E

#C23E2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.171 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E2E
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 46)
HSL	hsl(6, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 76.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 51.72, 38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 64.71, 36.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.1478 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.171 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4667, 15.1155, 4.2135)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E2E #2EB2C2

analogous

#C22E68 #C23E2E #C2882E

triadic

#C23E2E #2EC23E #3E2EC2

tetradic

#C23E2E #68C22E #2EB2C2 #882EC2

square

#C23E2E #68C22E #2EB2C2 #882EC2

split-complementary

#C23E2E #2EC288 #2E68C2

monochromatic

#5F1E17 #912E22 #C23E2E #D76456 #E39288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C23E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C23E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E2E

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E2E	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5133B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.171 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b68',
    500: '#c23e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e2e;
$custom-light: #dd7b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.486,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55248,
    "c": 0.17107,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E2E

secondary

#7FC4CC

accent

#D3E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E2E

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

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