#B23141#B23141

#B23141 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.165 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23141
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 65)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 63.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, 52.50, 21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 56.78, 22.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.43% 0.1562 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(51.43% 0.165 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4147, 12.0462, 6.2502)
Luminance	0.1204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23141 #31B2A2

analogous

#B23182 #B23141 #B26231

triadic

#B23141 #41B231 #3141B2

tetradic

#B23141 #82B231 #31B2A2 #6231B2

square

#B23141 #82B231 #31B2A2 #6231B2

split-complementary

#B23141 #31B262 #3182B2

monochromatic

#52171E #82242F #B23141 #CF5161 #DC818C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#B23141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B23141 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23141

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23141	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)

#545041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.165 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07375',
    500: '#b23141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23141;
$custom-light: #d07375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.558,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51431,
    "c": 0.16461,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23141

secondary

#79C5BC

accent

#E0CD48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23141

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

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