#C23E49#C23E49

#C23E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.168 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C23E49
RGBrgb(194, 62, 73)
HSLhsl(355, 52%, 50%)
HSVhsv(355, 68%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(46.18, 53.11, 23.61)
CIE-LCHlch(46.18, 58.12, 23.97°)
OKLaboklab(55.66% 0.1576 0.0569)
OKLCHoklch(55.66% 0.168 19.8)
XYZxyz(25.1759, 15.3992, 7.9487)
Luminance0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C23E49 #3EC2B7
analogous
#C23E8B #C23E49 #C2753E
triadic
#C23E49 #49C23E #3E49C2
tetradic
#C23E49 #8BC23E #3EC2B7 #753EC2
square
#C23E49 #8BC23E #3EC2B7 #753EC2
split-complementary
#C23E49 #3EC275 #3E8BC2
monochromatic
#662026 #942F37 #C23E49 #D16D75 #DF9BA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15
#C23E49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08
#C23E49 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E49
5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C23E49#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##C23E491.005.154.085.15
#FFFFFF5.151.0021.001.00
#0000004.0821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.151.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#615C48
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#827845
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D41D43
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c23e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.168 19.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7b7b',
    500: '#c23e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c23e49;
$custom-light: #db7b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c23e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55659,
    "c": 0.16758,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C23E49
secondary
#90CBC6
accent
#DBCF4C
background
#FEF7F7
surface
#FDEEEE
border
#D5C9C9
text
#160A09
muted
#847C7B

Preview Lab

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#C23E49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva