#B23049#B23049

#B23049 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.166 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23049
RGB	rgb(178, 48, 73)
HSL	hsl(348, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(348, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, 53.39, 16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 55.94, 17.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.5% 0.1605 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(51.5% 0.166 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6217, 12.0629, 7.5445)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23049 #30B299

analogous

#B2308A #B23049 #B25830

triadic

#B23049 #49B230 #3049B2

tetradic

#B23049 #8AB230 #30B299 #5830B2

square

#B23049 #8AB230 #30B299 #5830B2

split-complementary

#B23049 #30B258 #308AB2

monochromatic

#521621 #822335 #B23049 #D05068 #DD8092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#B23049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B23049 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23049

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23049	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3083A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 48, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.166 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0737b',
    500: '#b23049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23049;
$custom-light: #d0737b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.462,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51502,
    "c": 0.16571,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23049

secondary

#78C6B7

accent

#E1C347

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23049

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

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