#B23244#B23244

#B23244 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.164 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23244
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 68)
HSL	hsl(352, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(352, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 61.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.48, 52.32, 20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.48, 56.02, 20.93°)
OKLab	oklab(51.59% 0.1562 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(51.59% 0.164 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5462, 12.1665, 6.7342)
Luminance	0.1216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23244 #32B2A0

analogous

#B23284 #B23244 #B26032

triadic

#B23244 #44B232 #3244B2

tetradic

#B23244 #84B232 #32B2A0 #6032B2

square

#B23244 #84B232 #32B2A0 #6032B2

split-complementary

#B23244 #32B260 #3284B2

monochromatic

#52171F #822532 #B23244 #CF5364 #DC828F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#B23244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B23244 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23244

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23244	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)

#545144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30B3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.164 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07377',
    500: '#b23244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23244;
$custom-light: #d07377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.563,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51591,
    "c": 0.16356,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23244

secondary

#7BC5BB

accent

#DFCA48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23244

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

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