#B23047#B23047

#B23047 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.166 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23047
RGB	rgb(178, 48, 71)
HSL	hsl(349, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 60.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.27, 53.25, 17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.27, 56.17, 18.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1597 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.166 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5564, 12.0368, 7.2009)
Luminance	0.1203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23047 #30B29B

analogous

#B23088 #B23047 #B25A30

triadic

#B23047 #47B230 #3047B2

tetradic

#B23047 #88B230 #30B29B #5A30B2

square

#B23047 #88B230 #30B29B #5A30B2

split-complementary

#B23047 #30B25A #3088B2

monochromatic

#521621 #822334 #B23047 #D05066 #DD8090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#B23047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B23047 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23047

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23047	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3063A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 48, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.166 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0727a',
    500: '#b23047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23047;
$custom-light: #d0727a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.385,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51458,
    "c": 0.16564,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23047

secondary

#78C6B8

accent

#E1C647

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23047

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

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