#C23E46#C23E46

#C23E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.168 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E46
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 70)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 63.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.12, 52.92, 25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.12, 58.68, 25.60°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.1565 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.168 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0788, 15.3603, 7.4374)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E46 #3EC2BA

analogous

#C23E88 #C23E46 #C2783E

triadic

#C23E46 #46C23E #3E46C2

tetradic

#C23E46 #88C23E #3EC2BA #783EC2

square

#C23E46 #88C23E #3EC2BA #783EC2

split-complementary

#C23E46 #3EC278 #3E88C2

monochromatic

#662024 #942F35 #C23E46 #D16D73 #DF9B9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#C23E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C23E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E46

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E46	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.168 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b79',
    500: '#c23e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e46;
$custom-light: #dc7b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55603,
    "c": 0.16777,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E46

secondary

#90CBC8

accent

#DBD34C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E46

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

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