#C23F32#C23F32

#C23F32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.169 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23F32
RGB	rgb(194, 63, 50)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 74.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.99, 51.48, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.99, 63.33, 35.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.1479 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.169 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6041, 15.2583, 4.6666)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23F32 #32B5C2

analogous

#C2326D #C23F32 #C28732

triadic

#C23F32 #32C23F #3F32C2

tetradic

#C23F32 #6DC232 #32B5C2 #8732C2

square

#C23F32 #6DC232 #32B5C2 #8732C2

split-complementary

#C23F32 #32C287 #326DC2

monochromatic

#611F19 #912F25 #C23F32 #D5675C #E2948D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#C23F32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C23F32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23F32

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23F32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23F32	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85772D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5173D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23f32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 63, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.169 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b6b',
    500: '#c23f32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23f32;
$custom-light: #dd7b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23f32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.417,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55408,
    "c": 0.16943,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23F32

secondary

#84C5CC

accent

#D4E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23F32

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

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