#C23E47#C23E47

#C23E47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.168 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E47
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 71)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 63.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, 52.98, 24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 58.49, 25.06°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.1569 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.168 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1106, 15.3731, 7.6051)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E47 #3EC2B9

analogous

#C23E89 #C23E47 #C2773E

triadic

#C23E47 #47C23E #3E47C2

tetradic

#C23E47 #89C23E #3EC2B9 #773EC2

square

#C23E47 #89C23E #3EC2B9 #773EC2

split-complementary

#C23E47 #3EC277 #3E89C2

monochromatic

#662025 #942F36 #C23E47 #D16D73 #DF9BA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#C23E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#C23E47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E47

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E47	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.168 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7b7a',
    500: '#c23e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e47;
$custom-light: #db7b7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.909,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55621,
    "c": 0.16771,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E47

secondary

#90CBC7

accent

#DBD24C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E47

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

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