#C23E4E#C23E4E

#C23E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.167 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E4E
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 78)
HSL	hsl(353, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(353, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 59.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.27, 53.44, 20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.27, 57.31, 21.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.1596 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.167 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3484, 15.4682, 8.8571)
Luminance	0.1547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E4E #3EC2B2

analogous

#C23E90 #C23E4E #C2703E

triadic

#C23E4E #4EC23E #3E4EC2

tetradic

#C23E4E #90C23E #3EC2B2 #703EC2

square

#C23E4E #90C23E #3EC2B2 #703EC2

split-complementary

#C23E4E #3EC270 #3E90C2

monochromatic

#662029 #942F3B #C23E4E #D16D79 #DF9BA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C23E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C23E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E4E

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E4E	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82784B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D41F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.167 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7b7f',
    500: '#c23e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e4e;
$custom-light: #db7b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.727,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55758,
    "c": 0.16743,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E4E

secondary

#90CBC4

accent

#DBCA4C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E4E

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

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