#C23E37#C23E37

#C23E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.170 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E37
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 55)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.90, 52.11, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.90, 62.19, 33.08°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% 0.1509 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.17 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6630, 15.1940, 5.2478)
Luminance	0.1519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E37 #37BBC2

analogous

#C23776 #C23E37 #C28437

triadic

#C23E37 #37C23E #3E37C2

tetradic

#C23E37 #76C237 #37BBC2 #8437C2

square

#C23E37 #76C237 #37BBC2 #8437C2

split-complementary

#C23E37 #37C284 #3776C2

monochromatic

#63201C #922F29 #C23E37 #D36963 #E09793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#C23E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C23E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E37

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E37	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)

#635B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5163E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.170 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b6e',
    500: '#c23e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e37;
$custom-light: #dc7b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.022,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55362,
    "c": 0.16956,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E37

secondary

#89C8CB

accent

#D8DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E37

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

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