#C23E30#C23E30

#C23E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.171 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E30
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 48)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 75.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.81, 51.80, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.81, 64.13, 36.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.27% 0.1485 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(55.27% 0.171 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5070, 15.1316, 4.4260)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E30 #30B4C2

analogous

#C2306B #C23E30 #C28730

triadic

#C23E30 #30C23E #3E30C2

tetradic

#C23E30 #6BC230 #30B4C2 #8730C2

square

#C23E30 #6BC230 #30B4C2 #8730C2

split-complementary

#C23E30 #30C287 #306BC2

monochromatic

#601F18 #912E24 #C23E30 #D66559 #E2938A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C23E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C23E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E30

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E30	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5143C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.171 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b69',
    500: '#c23e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e30;
$custom-light: #dd7b69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.753,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55272,
    "c": 0.17071,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E30

secondary

#82C5CC

accent

#D4E344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E30

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

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