#C23E38#C23E38

#C23E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.169 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E38
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.91, 52.16, 33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.91, 61.92, 32.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.38% 0.1512 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(55.38% 0.169 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6872, 15.2037, 5.3753)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E38 #38BCC2

analogous

#C23877 #C23E38 #C28338

triadic

#C23E38 #38C23E #3E38C2

tetradic

#C23E38 #77C238 #38BCC2 #8338C2

square

#C23E38 #77C238 #38BCC2 #8338C2

split-complementary

#C23E38 #38C283 #3877C2

monochromatic

#63201D #932F2A #C23E38 #D26A65 #E09894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#C23E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C23E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E38

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E38	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)

#635B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5173E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.169 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b6f',
    500: '#c23e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e38;
$custom-light: #dc7b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55376,
    "c": 0.1694,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E38

secondary

#8AC9CB

accent

#D8DF49

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEC

border

#D5C9C7

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E38

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

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