#C23E2F#C23E2F

#C23E2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.171 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E2F
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 47)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 75.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.80, 51.76, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.80, 64.42, 36.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.1481 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.171 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4866, 15.1235, 4.3185)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E2F #2FB3C2

analogous

#C22F6A #C23E2F #C2872F

triadic

#C23E2F #2FC23E #3E2FC2

tetradic

#C23E2F #6AC22F #2FB3C2 #872FC2

square

#C23E2F #6AC22F #2FB3C2 #872FC2

split-complementary

#C23E2F #2FC287 #2F6AC2

monochromatic

#5F1F17 #912E23 #C23E2F #D66558 #E29289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C23E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C23E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E2F

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E2F	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)

#645A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5133C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.171 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b68',
    500: '#c23e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e2f;
$custom-light: #dd7b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.122,
    "s": 60.996,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5526,
    "c": 0.17089,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E2F

secondary

#81C5CC

accent

#D4E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E2F

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

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