#B23142#B23142

#B23142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.165 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23142
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 66)
HSL	hsl(352, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(352, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.31, 52.56, 21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.31, 56.61, 21.80°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% 0.1566 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.165 18)
XYZ	xyz(20.4439, 12.0579, 6.4041)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23142 #31B2A1

analogous

#B23183 #B23142 #B26131

triadic

#B23142 #42B231 #3142B2

tetradic

#B23142 #83B231 #31B2A1 #6131B2

square

#B23142 #83B231 #31B2A1 #6131B2

split-complementary

#B23142 #31B261 #3183B2

monochromatic

#52171E #822430 #B23142 #CF5162 #DC818D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#B23142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B23142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23142

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23142	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)

#545042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.165 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07376',
    500: '#b23142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23142;
$custom-light: #d07376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.093,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51451,
    "c": 0.16459,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.12055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23142

secondary

#79C5BB

accent

#E0CC48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23142

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

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