#c23a34

Color #c23a34

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Firebrick #b22222 · ΔE 7.14 Nearest Tailwind class rose-700 #c70036 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#c23a34

RGB

rgb(194, 58, 52)

HSL

hsl(2.5, 57.7%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(2.5, 73.2%, 76.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 73.2%, 23.9%)

LAB

lab(45.29, 53.54, 34.96)

LCH

lch(45.29, 63.94, 33.14)

OKLCH

oklch(54.9%, 0.1737, 27.05)

HWB

hwb(2.5, 20.4%, 23.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#34bcc2

Analogous

#c23475

#c23a34

#c28134

Triadic

#c23a34

#34c23a

#3a34c2

Split-complementary

#c23a34

#34c281

#3475c2

Tetradic

#c23a34

#bcc234

#34bcc2

#3a34c2

Square

#c23a34

#75c234

#34bcc2

#8134c2

Shades

Color #c23a34 mixed toward black.

#a2302b

#812723

#611d1a

#411311

#200a09

Tints

Color #c23a34 mixed toward white.

#d05751

#da7874

#e39a97

#ecbcba

#f6dddc

Tones

Color #c23a34 mixed toward gray.

#b64540

#aa504c

#9e5a57

#936563

#87706f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.95:1

White text reads better on this background (5.32:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9936 · ΔE 46.9

Deuteranopia

#a0a836 · ΔE 51.9

Tritanopia

#be3737 · ΔE 1.9

Achromatopsia

#6b6b6b · ΔE 26.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c23a34;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c23a34]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#c23a34 (#c23a34) is rgb(194, 58, 52) in RGB.

No, #c23a34 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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