#C23F34#C23F34

#C23F34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.169 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23F34
RGB	rgb(194, 63, 52)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 73.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 51.57, 35.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 62.76, 34.76°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% 0.1485 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.169 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6482, 15.2759, 4.8988)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23F34 #34B7C2

analogous

#C23470 #C23F34 #C28634

triadic

#C23F34 #34C23F #3F34C2

tetradic

#C23F34 #70C234 #34B7C2 #8634C2

square

#C23F34 #70C234 #34B7C2 #8634C2

split-complementary

#C23F34 #34C286 #3470C2

monochromatic

#61201A #922F27 #C23F34 #D4685F #E1968F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#C23F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#C23F34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23F34

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23F34	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)

#645B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5183D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 63, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.169 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd7b6c',
    500: '#c23f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23f34;
$custom-light: #dd7b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.648,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55433,
    "c": 0.16909,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23F34

secondary

#86C6CC

accent

#D5E147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23F34

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

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