#C23F2F#C23F2F

#C23F2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.170 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23F2F
RGB	rgb(194, 63, 47)
HSL	hsl(7, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 75.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.95, 51.35, 38.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.95, 64.19, 36.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.37% 0.1469 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(55.37% 0.17 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5415, 15.2332, 4.3368)
Luminance	0.1523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23F2F #2FB2C2

analogous

#C22F68 #C23F2F #C2892F

triadic

#C23F2F #2FC23F #3F2FC2

tetradic

#C23F2F #68C22F #2FB2C2 #892FC2

square

#C23F2F #68C22F #2FB2C2 #892FC2

split-complementary

#C23F2F #2FC289 #2F68C2

monochromatic

#5F1F17 #912F23 #C23F2F #D66658 #E29389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#C23F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C23F2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23F2F

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23F2F	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5163C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 63, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.170 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b68',
    500: '#c23f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23f2f;
$custom-light: #dd7b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.531,
    "s": 60.996,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55372,
    "c": 0.16997,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23F2F

secondary

#81C4CC

accent

#D3E444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23F2F

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

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