#C23E57#C23E57

#C23E57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.168 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23E57
RGB	rgb(194, 62, 87)
HSL	hsl(349, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(349, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 54.10, 15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 56.26, 15.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.96% 0.1632 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(55.96% 0.168 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6934, 15.6062, 10.6743)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23E57 #3EC2A9

analogous

#C23E99 #C23E57 #C2673E

triadic

#C23E57 #57C23E #3E57C2

tetradic

#C23E57 #99C23E #3EC2A9 #673EC2

square

#C23E57 #99C23E #3EC2A9 #673EC2

split-complementary

#C23E57 #3EC267 #3E99C2

monochromatic

#66202D #942F42 #C23E57 #D16D7F #DF9BA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#C23E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#C23E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23E57

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23E57	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D42348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 62, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.168 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7c86',
    500: '#c23e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23e57;
$custom-light: #db7c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.636,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55956,
    "c": 0.16768,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23E57

secondary

#90CBC0

accent

#DBC04C

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0B

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23E57

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

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