#B23240#B23240

#B23240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.164 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23240
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.41, 52.07, 22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.41, 56.68, 23.27°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.1546 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.164 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4282, 12.1193, 6.1131)
Luminance	0.1212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23240 #32B2A4

analogous

#B23280 #B23240 #B26432

triadic

#B23240 #40B232 #3240B2

tetradic

#B23240 #80B232 #32B2A4 #6432B2

square

#B23240 #80B232 #32B2A4 #6432B2

split-complementary

#B23240 #32B264 #3280B2

monochromatic

#52171E #82252F #B23240 #CF5360 #DC828C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#B23240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B23240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23240

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23240	1.00	6.13	3.42	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.164 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07374',
    500: '#b23240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23240;
$custom-light: #d07374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.438,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51511,
    "c": 0.16364,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23240

secondary

#7BC5BD

accent

#DFCF48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23240

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

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