#C23F1E#C23F1E

#C23F1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.173 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23F1E
RGB	rgb(194, 63, 30)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 85%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 84.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.80, 50.80, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.80, 69.23, 42.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.21% 0.142 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(55.21% 0.173 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2628, 15.1217, 2.8693)
Luminance	0.1512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23F1E #1EA1C2

analogous

#C21E4F #C23F1E #C2911E

triadic

#C23F1E #1EC23F #3F1EC2

tetradic

#C23F1E #4FC21E #1EA1C2 #911EC2

square

#C23F1E #4FC21E #1EA1C2 #911EC2

split-complementary

#C23F1E #1EC291 #1E4FC2

monochromatic

#581D0E #8D2E16 #C23F1E #E15D3C #E98971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C23F1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#C23F1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23F1E

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23F1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23F1E	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23f1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 63, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.173 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b5e',
    500: '#c23f1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23f1e;
$custom-light: #de7b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23f1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.073,
    "s": 73.214,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5521,
    "c": 0.17303,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23F1E

secondary

#6CBCD0

accent

#CBF038

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEEE9

border

#D6C9C5

text

#170A04

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23F1E

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

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