#C23E40#C23E40

#C23E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.168 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E40
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 64)
HSL	hsl(359, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 52.57, 28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 59.95, 28.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% 0.1542 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.168 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8988, 15.2883, 6.4894)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E40 #3EC2C0

analogous

#C23E82 #C23E40 #C27E3E

triadic

#C23E40 #40C23E #3E40C2

tetradic

#C23E40 #82C23E #3EC2C0 #7E3EC2

square

#C23E40 #82C23E #3EC2C0 #7E3EC2

split-complementary

#C23E40 #3EC27E #3E82C2

monochromatic

#662021 #942F30 #C23E40 #D16D6E #DF9B9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#C23E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C23E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E40

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E40	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.168 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b75',
    500: '#c23e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e40;
$custom-light: #dc7b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.091,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55499,
    "c": 0.16834,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E40

secondary

#90CBCB

accent

#DBD94C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E40

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

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