#C23E31#C23E31

#C23E31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.171 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E31
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 49)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.83, 51.84, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.83, 63.84, 35.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.1488 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.171 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5279, 15.1400, 4.5359)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E31 #31B5C2

analogous

#C2316D #C23E31 #C28631

triadic

#C23E31 #31C23E #3E31C2

tetradic

#C23E31 #6DC231 #31B5C2 #8631C2

square

#C23E31 #6DC231 #31B5C2 #8631C2

split-complementary

#C23E31 #31C286 #316DC2

monochromatic

#601F18 #912E25 #C23E31 #D6665B #E2938C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#C23E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C23E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E31

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E31	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5143C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.171 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b6a',
    500: '#c23e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e31;
$custom-light: #dd7b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.379,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55284,
    "c": 0.17054,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E31

secondary

#83C5CC

accent

#D5E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E31

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

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