#B23043#B23043

#B23043 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.166 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23043
RGB	rgb(178, 48, 67)
HSL	hsl(351, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 62.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 52.99, 20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 56.73, 20.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.37% 0.1581 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(51.37% 0.166 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4323, 11.9871, 6.5470)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23043 #30B29F

analogous

#B23084 #B23043 #B25E30

triadic

#B23043 #43B230 #3043B2

tetradic

#B23043 #84B230 #30B29F #5E30B2

square

#B23043 #84B230 #30B29F #5E30B2

split-complementary

#B23043 #30B25E #3084B2

monochromatic

#52161F #822331 #B23043 #D05062 #DD808D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#B23043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B23043 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23043

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23043	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 48, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.166 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07277',
    500: '#b23043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23043;
$custom-light: #d07277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.231,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51374,
    "c": 0.16557,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23043

secondary

#78C6BA

accent

#E1CA47

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23043

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

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