#C23E52#C23E52

#C23E52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.167 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E52
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 82)
HSL	hsl(351, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 57.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 53.72, 18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 56.78, 18.88°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.1612 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.167 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4961, 15.5273, 9.6355)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E52 #3EC2AE

analogous

#C23E94 #C23E52 #C26C3E

triadic

#C23E52 #52C23E #3E52C2

tetradic

#C23E52 #94C23E #3EC2AE #6C3EC2

square

#C23E52 #94C23E #3EC2AE #6C3EC2

split-complementary

#C23E52 #3EC26C #3E94C2

monochromatic

#66202B #942F3E #C23E52 #D16D7C #DF9BA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#C23E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#C23E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E52

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E52	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)

#5F5C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81784F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D42146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.167 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7b82',
    500: '#c23e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e52;
$custom-light: #db7b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.909,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55843,
    "c": 0.16745,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E52

secondary

#90CBC2

accent

#DBC64C

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FCEEEE

border

#D5C9C9

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E52

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

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