#C23F36#C23F36

#C23F36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.169 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23F36
RGB	rgb(194, 63, 54)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 51.66, 34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 62.21, 33.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.1492 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.169 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6942, 15.2943, 5.1411)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23F36 #36B9C2

analogous

#C23673 #C23F36 #C28536

triadic

#C23F36 #36C23F #3F36C2

tetradic

#C23F36 #73C236 #36B9C2 #8536C2

square

#C23F36 #73C236 #36B9C2 #8536C2

split-complementary

#C23F36 #36C285 #3673C2

monochromatic

#62201B #922F29 #C23F36 #D36962 #E19792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#C23F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#C23F36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23F36

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23F36	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5183E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 63, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.169 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7b6d',
    500: '#c23f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23f36;
$custom-light: #dc7b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5546,
    "c": 0.16876,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23F36

secondary

#88C7CC

accent

#D6E048

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEEEB

border

#D5C9C6

text

#170A07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23F36

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

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