#B23241#B23241

#B23241 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.164 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23241
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 65)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 63.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.42, 52.13, 21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.42, 56.50, 22.69°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.155 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.164 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4569, 12.1308, 6.2643)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23241 #32B2A3

analogous

#B23281 #B23241 #B26332

triadic

#B23241 #41B232 #3241B2

tetradic

#B23241 #81B232 #32B2A3 #6332B2

square

#B23241 #81B232 #32B2A3 #6332B2

split-complementary

#B23241 #32B263 #3281B2

monochromatic

#52171E #822530 #B23241 #CF5361 #DC828D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#B23241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B23241 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23241

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23241	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.164 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07375',
    500: '#b23241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23241;
$custom-light: #d07375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.969,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51531,
    "c": 0.16361,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23241

secondary

#7BC5BD

accent

#DFCE48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23241

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

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