#B23145#B23145

#B23145 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.165 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23145
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 69)
HSL	hsl(351, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 61.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.37, 52.76, 19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.37, 56.16, 20.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.1578 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.165 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5347, 12.0942, 6.8822)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23145 #31B29E

analogous

#B23185 #B23145 #B25E31

triadic

#B23145 #45B231 #3145B2

tetradic

#B23145 #85B231 #31B29E #5E31B2

square

#B23145 #85B231 #31B29E #5E31B2

split-complementary

#B23145 #31B25E #3185B2

monochromatic

#521720 #822432 #B23145 #CF5165 #DC818F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#B23145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B23145 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23145

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23145	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.165 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07378',
    500: '#b23145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23145;
$custom-light: #d07378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.698,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51512,
    "c": 0.16458,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23145

secondary

#79C5BA

accent

#E0C848

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23145

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

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