#B23146#B23146

#B23146 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.165 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23146
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 70)
HSL	hsl(350, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 60.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.39, 52.82, 18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.39, 56.02, 19.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.1582 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.165 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5660, 12.1067, 7.0471)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23146 #31B29D

analogous

#B23186 #B23146 #B25D31

triadic

#B23146 #46B231 #3146B2

tetradic

#B23146 #86B231 #31B29D #5D31B2

square

#B23146 #86B231 #31B29D #5D31B2

split-complementary

#B23146 #31B25D #3186B2

monochromatic

#521720 #822433 #B23146 #CF5166 #DC8190

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#B23146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B23146 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23146

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23146	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)

#545046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3093A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.165 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07379',
    500: '#b23146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23146;
$custom-light: #d07379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.233,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51533,
    "c": 0.16459,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23146

secondary

#79C5B9

accent

#E0C748

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23146

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

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