#C23F20#C23F20

#C23F20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.173 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23F20
RGB	rgb(194, 63, 32)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(11, 84%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 83.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.81, 50.85, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.81, 68.65, 42.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.1425 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.173 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2892, 15.1323, 3.0081)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23F20 #20A3C2

analogous

#C22052 #C23F20 #C29020

triadic

#C23F20 #20C23F #3F20C2

tetradic

#C23F20 #52C220 #20A3C2 #9020C2

square

#C23F20 #52C220 #20A3C2 #9020C2

split-complementary

#C23F20 #20C290 #2052C2

monochromatic

#591D0F #8D2E17 #C23F20 #DF5E40 #E88A74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#C23F20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#C23F20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23F20

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23F20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23F20	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D61239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23f20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 63, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.173 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de7b5f',
    500: '#c23f20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23f20;
$custom-light: #de7b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23f20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.481,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55225,
    "c": 0.17269,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23F20

secondary

#6FBDCF

accent

#CCEE39

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FEEEE9

border

#D6C9C5

text

#170A05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23F20

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

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