#B23048#B23048

#B23048 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.166 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23048
RGB	rgb(178, 48, 72)
HSL	hsl(349, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.30, 53.32, 17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.30, 56.05, 17.95°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% 0.1601 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.166 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5888, 12.0497, 7.3713)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23048 #30B29A

analogous

#B23089 #B23048 #B25930

triadic

#B23048 #48B230 #3048B2

tetradic

#B23048 #89B230 #30B29A #5930B2

square

#B23048 #89B230 #30B29A #5930B2

split-complementary

#B23048 #30B259 #3089B2

monochromatic

#521621 #822335 #B23048 #D05067 #DD8091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#B23048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B23048 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23048

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23048	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)

#535048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3073A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 48, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.166 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0727a',
    500: '#b23048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23048;
$custom-light: #d0727a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.923,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5148,
    "c": 0.16566,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23048

secondary

#78C6B7

accent

#E1C447

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23048

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

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