#B23243#B23243

#B23243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.164 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23243
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 67)
HSL	hsl(352, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(352, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 62.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.46, 52.26, 20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.46, 56.17, 21.52°)
OKLab	oklab(51.57% 0.1558 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(51.57% 0.164 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5159, 12.1544, 6.5748)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23243 #32B2A1

analogous

#B23283 #B23243 #B26132

triadic

#B23243 #43B232 #3243B2

tetradic

#B23243 #83B232 #32B2A1 #6132B2

square

#B23243 #83B232 #32B2A1 #6132B2

split-complementary

#B23243 #32B261 #3283B2

monochromatic

#52171F #822531 #B23243 #CF5363 #DC828E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#B23243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B23243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23243

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23243	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.164 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07377',
    500: '#b23243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23243;
$custom-light: #d07377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.031,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5157,
    "c": 0.16358,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23243

secondary

#7BC5BB

accent

#DFCB48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23243

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

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