#C23C47Poppy (#C23C47) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 20°, lightness 0.55 and chroma 0.17. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #C23C47 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(194, 60, 71) |
| HSL | hsl(355, 53%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(355, 69%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 69%, 63%, 24%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(45.9 53.8 24.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.554 0.170 20) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Poppy shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#c33841 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#c53b45 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#c23c47 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#c33d48 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Poppy in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 5.21:1 and against black 4.03:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffb1b0 · #ef787b · #c23c47 · #9f2130 · #6d0017 · #380006
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#d57d42 · #ce5d3e · #c23c47 · #a52e57 · #86245e · #661d5f
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#ed9b00 · #b18854 · #c23c47 · #962933 · #72081b · #331d00
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#00dfe8 · #b18786 · #c23c47 · #7f3c3e · #5a2123 · #320e0f
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e0f7f8 · #a18685 · #c23c47 · #4d5d5d · #361c1c · #000202
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e6f5f6 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282a · #000607 · #c23c47
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#ccfdff · #00a1a8 · #c23c47 · #00666b · #002b2d · #160001
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#ccfdff · #00a682 · #c23c47 · #006283 · #002d21 · #00050c
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e0fbdb · #5da14e · #c23c47 · #1452b6 · #001f5a · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f3f6ce · #939414 · #c23c47 · #00666b · #290363 · #000203
#D25C60 · #E1797A · #EF9595 · #FCB1B0 · #FFD1D0
#A52B37 · #881A28 · #6D0619 · #50000D · #330005
#B44D51 · #A45A5B · #946464
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.