#B23144#B23144

#B23144 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.165 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23144
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 68)
HSL	hsl(351, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 61.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 52.69, 19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 56.30, 20.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.1574 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.165 17)
XYZ	xyz(20.5039, 12.0819, 6.7201)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23144 #31B29F

analogous

#B23185 #B23144 #B25F31

triadic

#B23144 #44B231 #3144B2

tetradic

#B23144 #85B231 #31B29F #5F31B2

square

#B23144 #85B231 #31B29F #5F31B2

split-complementary

#B23144 #31B25F #3185B2

monochromatic

#52171F #822432 #B23144 #CF5164 #DC818F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#B23144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B23144 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23144

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23144	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.165 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07377',
    500: '#b23144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23144;
$custom-light: #d07377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.163,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51492,
    "c": 0.16458,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.12079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23144

secondary

#79C5BA

accent

#E0CA48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23144

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

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