#C23F2E#C23F2E

#C23F2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.170 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23F2E
RGB	rgb(194, 63, 46)
HSL	hsl(7, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 76.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 51.31, 39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 64.48, 37.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% 0.1465 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.17 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5215, 15.2252, 4.2318)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23F2E #2EB1C2

analogous

#C22E67 #C23F2E #C2892E

triadic

#C23F2E #2EC23F #3F2EC2

tetradic

#C23F2E #67C22E #2EB1C2 #892EC2

square

#C23F2E #67C22E #2EB1C2 #892EC2

split-complementary

#C23F2E #2EC289 #2E67C2

monochromatic

#5F1F17 #912F22 #C23F2E #D76556 #E39288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#C23F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#C23F2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23F2E

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23F2E	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5163C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 63, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.170 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b68',
    500: '#c23f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23f2e;
$custom-light: #dd7b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.892,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5536,
    "c": 0.17015,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23F2E

secondary

#7FC4CC

accent

#D2E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23F2E

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

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