#C23E51#C23E51

#C23E51 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.167 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E51
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 81)
HSL	hsl(351, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 53.65, 18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 56.90, 19.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.1608 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.167 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4584, 15.5122, 9.4366)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E51 #3EC2AF

analogous

#C23E93 #C23E51 #C26D3E

triadic

#C23E51 #51C23E #3E51C2

tetradic

#C23E51 #93C23E #3EC2AF #6D3EC2

square

#C23E51 #93C23E #3EC2AF #6D3EC2

split-complementary

#C23E51 #3EC26D #3E93C2

monochromatic

#66202A #942F3D #C23E51 #D16D7B #DF9BA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C23E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C23E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E51

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E51	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)

#605C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81784E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D42046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.167 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7b81',
    500: '#c23e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e51;
$custom-light: #db7b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.364,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55821,
    "c": 0.16743,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E51

secondary

#90CBC3

accent

#DBC74C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E51

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

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