#C23E34#C23E34

#C23E34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.170 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E34
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 52)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 73.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 51.97, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 63.00, 34.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% 0.1498 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.17 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5933, 15.1661, 4.8805)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E34 #34B8C2

analogous

#C23471 #C23E34 #C28534

triadic

#C23E34 #34C23E #3E34C2

tetradic

#C23E34 #71C234 #34B8C2 #8534C2

square

#C23E34 #71C234 #34B8C2 #8534C2

split-complementary

#C23E34 #34C285 #3471C2

monochromatic

#611F1A #922F27 #C23E34 #D4675F #E1958F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#C23E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C23E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E34

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E34	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)

#635A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84772F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5153D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.170 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b6c',
    500: '#c23e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e34;
$custom-light: #dd7b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.225,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55322,
    "c": 0.17004,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E34

secondary

#86C7CC

accent

#D6E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E34

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

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