#C23E53#C23E53

#C23E53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.167 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E53
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 83)
HSL	hsl(350, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 57.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.37, 53.80, 17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.37, 56.66, 18.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.1616 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.167 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5345, 15.5426, 9.8374)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E53 #3EC2AD

analogous

#C23E95 #C23E53 #C26B3E

triadic

#C23E53 #53C23E #3E53C2

tetradic

#C23E53 #95C23E #3EC2AD #6B3EC2

square

#C23E53 #95C23E #3EC2AD #6B3EC2

split-complementary

#C23E53 #3EC26B #3E95C2

monochromatic

#66202B #942F3F #C23E53 #D16D7C #DF9BA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#C23E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#C23E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E53

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E53	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D42147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.167 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7b83',
    500: '#c23e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e53;
$custom-light: #db7b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.455,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55865,
    "c": 0.16748,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E53

secondary

#90CBC2

accent

#DBC54C

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E53

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

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