#B23041#B23041

#B23041 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.166 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23041
RGB	rgb(178, 48, 65)
HSL	hsl(352, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 63.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, 52.86, 21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 57.05, 22.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.1573 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.166 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3733, 11.9635, 6.2364)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23041 #30B2A1

analogous

#B23082 #B23041 #B26030

triadic

#B23041 #41B230 #3041B2

tetradic

#B23041 #82B230 #30B2A1 #6030B2

square

#B23041 #82B230 #30B2A1 #6030B2

split-complementary

#B23041 #30B260 #3082B2

monochromatic

#52161E #82232F #B23041 #D05060 #DD808C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#B23041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B23041 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23041

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23041	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 48, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.166 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07275',
    500: '#b23041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23041;
$custom-light: #d07275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.154,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51333,
    "c": 0.1656,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23041

secondary

#78C6BB

accent

#E1CD47

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23041

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

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