#C23F45#C23F45

#C23F45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.167 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23F45
RGB	rgb(194, 63, 69)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 64.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.25, 52.46, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.25, 58.60, 26.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.1548 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.167 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1024, 15.4576, 7.2909)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23F45 #3FC2BC

analogous

#C23F86 #C23F45 #C27A3F

triadic

#C23F45 #45C23F #3F45C2

tetradic

#C23F45 #86C23F #3FC2BC #7A3FC2

square

#C23F45 #86C23F #3FC2BC #7A3FC2

split-complementary

#C23F45 #3FC27A #3F86C2

monochromatic

#662024 #952F34 #C23F45 #D16D72 #E09C9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#C23F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#C23F45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23F45

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23F45	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D51E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 63, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.167 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc7c78',
    500: '#c23f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23f45;
$custom-light: #dc7c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.252,
    "s": 51.779,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55695,
    "c": 0.16683,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23F45

secondary

#91CCC9

accent

#DBD54D

background

#FEF7F7

surface

#FDEEED

border

#D5C9C8

text

#160A09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23F45

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

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