#B23046#B23046

#B23046 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.166 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23046
RGB	rgb(178, 48, 70)
HSL	hsl(350, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 60.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 53.19, 18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 56.30, 19.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.44% 0.1593 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(51.44% 0.166 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5246, 12.0240, 7.0333)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23046 #30B29C

analogous

#B23087 #B23046 #B25B30

triadic

#B23046 #46B230 #3046B2

tetradic

#B23046 #87B230 #30B29C #5B30B2

square

#B23046 #87B230 #30B29C #5B30B2

split-complementary

#B23046 #30B25B #3087B2

monochromatic

#521620 #822333 #B23046 #D05065 #DD808F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B23046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B23046 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23046

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23046	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)

#535046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 48, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.166 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07279',
    500: '#b23046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23046;
$custom-light: #d07279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.846,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51436,
    "c": 0.16561,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23046

secondary

#78C6B8

accent

#E1C747

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23046

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

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