#C23E36#C23E36

#C23E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.170 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E36
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 54)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.89, 52.06, 34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.89, 62.45, 33.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.1505 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.17 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6393, 15.1845, 5.1228)
Luminance	0.1518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E36 #36BAC2

analogous

#C23674 #C23E36 #C28436

triadic

#C23E36 #36C23E #3E36C2

tetradic

#C23E36 #74C236 #36BAC2 #8436C2

square

#C23E36 #74C236 #36BAC2 #8436C2

split-complementary

#C23E36 #36C284 #3674C2

monochromatic

#621F1B #922F29 #C23E36 #D36862 #E19692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#C23E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C23E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E36

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E36	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5163D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.170 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b6d',
    500: '#c23e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e36;
$custom-light: #dc7b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55348,
    "c": 0.16971,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E36

secondary

#88C8CC

accent

#D7E048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E36

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

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