#C23E50#C23E50

#C23E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.167 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E50
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 80)
HSL	hsl(352, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(352, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 58.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.31, 53.58, 19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.31, 57.03, 20.03°)
OKLab	oklab(55.8% 0.1604 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(55.8% 0.167 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4212, 15.4973, 9.2405)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E50 #3EC2B0

analogous

#C23E92 #C23E50 #C26E3E

triadic

#C23E50 #50C23E #3E50C2

tetradic

#C23E50 #92C23E #3EC2B0 #6E3EC2

square

#C23E50 #92C23E #3EC2B0 #6E3EC2

split-complementary

#C23E50 #3EC26E #3E92C2

monochromatic

#66202A #942F3D #C23E50 #D16D7A #DF9BA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C23E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C23E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E50

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E50	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81784D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D42045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.167 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7b80',
    500: '#c23e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e50;
$custom-light: #db7b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.818,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.558,
    "c": 0.16742,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E50

secondary

#90CBC3

accent

#DBC84C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E50

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

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