#B23045#B23045

#B23045 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.166 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23045
RGB	rgb(178, 48, 69)
HSL	hsl(350, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 61.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.23, 53.12, 19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.23, 56.44, 19.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.1589 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.166 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4933, 12.0115, 6.8684)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23045 #30B29D

analogous

#B23086 #B23045 #B25C30

triadic

#B23045 #45B230 #3045B2

tetradic

#B23045 #86B230 #30B29D #5C30B2

square

#B23045 #86B230 #30B29D #5C30B2

split-complementary

#B23045 #30B25C #3086B2

monochromatic

#521620 #822332 #B23045 #D05064 #DD808F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B23045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B23045 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23045

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23045	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 48, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.166 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07278',
    500: '#b23045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23045;
$custom-light: #d07278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.308,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51415,
    "c": 0.16558,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23045

secondary

#78C6B9

accent

#E1C847

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23045

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

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