#C23F55#C23F55

#C23F55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.166 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C23F55
RGB	rgb(194, 63, 85)
HSL	hsl(350, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(350, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.56, 53.55, 16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.56, 56.13, 17.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.02% 0.1611 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(56.02% 0.166 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6677, 15.6837, 10.2682)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C23F55 #3FC2AC

analogous

#C23F96 #C23F55 #C26B3F

triadic

#C23F55 #55C23F #3F55C2

tetradic

#C23F55 #96C23F #3FC2AC #6B3FC2

square

#C23F55 #96C23F #3FC2AC #6B3FC2

split-complementary

#C23F55 #3FC26B #3F96C2

monochromatic

#66202C #952F40 #C23F55 #D16D7E #E09CA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#C23F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#C23F55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C23F55

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C23F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C23F55	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D42448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c23f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 63, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.166 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db7c84',
    500: '#c23f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c23f55;
$custom-light: #db7c84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c23f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.924,
    "s": 51.779,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56019,
    "c": 0.16644,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C23F55

secondary

#91CCC2

accent

#DBC34D

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEEEF

border

#D5C9CA

text

#160A0A

muted

#847C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C23F55

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

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