#B23040#B23040

#B23040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.166 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23040
RGB	rgb(178, 48, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.14, 52.80, 22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.14, 57.22, 22.67°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% 0.1569 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.166 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3446, 11.9520, 6.0852)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23040 #30B2A2

analogous

#B23081 #B23040 #B26130

triadic

#B23040 #40B230 #3040B2

tetradic

#B23040 #81B230 #30B2A2 #6130B2

square

#B23040 #81B230 #30B2A2 #6130B2

split-complementary

#B23040 #30B261 #3081B2

monochromatic

#52161D #82232F #B23040 #D0505F #DD808B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#B23040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B23040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23040

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23040	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 48, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.166 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07274',
    500: '#b23040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23040;
$custom-light: #d07274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.615,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51314,
    "c": 0.16562,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23040

secondary

#78C6BC

accent

#E1CE47

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23040

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

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