#C23E45#C23E45

#C23E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.168 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C23E45
RGBrgb(194, 62, 69)
HSLhsl(357, 52%, 50%)
HSVhsv(357, 68%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68%, 64.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(46.11, 52.86, 25.93)
CIE-LCHlch(46.11, 58.88, 26.13°)
OKLaboklab(55.58% 0.1561 0.0618)
OKLCHoklch(55.58% 0.168 21.6)
XYZxyz(25.0475, 15.3478, 7.2726)
Luminance0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C23E45 #3EC2BB
analogous
#C23E87 #C23E45 #C2793E
triadic
#C23E45 #45C23E #3E45C2
tetradic
#C23E45 #87C23E #3EC2BB #793EC2
square
#C23E45 #87C23E #3EC2BB #793EC2
split-complementary
#C23E45 #3EC279 #3E87C2
monochromatic
#662024 #942F34 #C23E45 #D16D72 #DF9B9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16
#C23E45 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07
#C23E45 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E45
5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C23E45#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C23E451.005.164.075.16
#FFFFFF5.161.0021.001.00
#0000004.0721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.161.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#615B44
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#837841
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D51C42
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c23e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.168 21.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b78',
    500: '#c23e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c23e45;
$custom-light: #dc7b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c23e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.818,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55585,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C23E45
secondary
#90CBC8
accent
#DBD44C
background
#FEF7F7
surface
#FDEEED
border
#D5C9C8
text
#160A09
muted
#847C7B

Preview Lab

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#C23E45 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva