#B23044#B23044

#B23044 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.166 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23044
RGB	rgb(178, 48, 68)
HSL	hsl(351, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 61.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 53.05, 19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 56.58, 20.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% 0.1585 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.166 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4625, 11.9992, 6.7063)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23044 #30B29E

analogous

#B23085 #B23044 #B25D30

triadic

#B23044 #44B230 #3044B2

tetradic

#B23044 #85B230 #30B29E #5D30B2

square

#B23044 #85B230 #30B29E #5D30B2

split-complementary

#B23044 #30B25D #3085B2

monochromatic

#52161F #822332 #B23044 #D05063 #DD808E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#B23044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B23044 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23044

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23044	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)

#535044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 48, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.166 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07277',
    500: '#b23044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23044;
$custom-light: #d07277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51394,
    "c": 0.16557,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23044

secondary

#78C6BA

accent

#E1C947

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23044

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

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