#C23E41#C23E41

#C23E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.168 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E41
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 65)
HSL	hsl(359, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 66.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, 52.63, 28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 59.73, 28.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.52% 0.1546 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(55.52% 0.168 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9275, 15.2998, 6.6406)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E41 #3EC2BF

analogous

#C23E83 #C23E41 #C27D3E

triadic

#C23E41 #41C23E #3E41C2

tetradic

#C23E41 #83C23E #3EC2BF #7D3EC2

square

#C23E41 #83C23E #3EC2BF #7D3EC2

split-complementary

#C23E41 #3EC27D #3E83C2

monochromatic

#662022 #942F31 #C23E41 #D16D6F #DF9B9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C23E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C23E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E41

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E41	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.168 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b75',
    500: '#c23e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e41;
$custom-light: #dc7b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.636,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55516,
    "c": 0.16823,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E41

secondary

#90CBCA

accent

#DBD84C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E41

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

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