#B23245#B23245

#B23245 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.164 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23245
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 69)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 61.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, 52.39, 19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 55.87, 20.33°)
OKLab	oklab(51.61% 0.1566 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(51.61% 0.164 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5769, 12.1788, 6.8963)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23245 #32B29F

analogous

#B23285 #B23245 #B25F32

triadic

#B23245 #45B232 #3245B2

tetradic

#B23245 #85B232 #32B29F #5F32B2

square

#B23245 #85B232 #32B29F #5F32B2

split-complementary

#B23245 #32B25F #3285B2

monochromatic

#521720 #822532 #B23245 #CF5365 #DC8290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#B23245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B23245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23245

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23245	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.164 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07378',
    500: '#b23245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23245;
$custom-light: #d07378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.094,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51611,
    "c": 0.16356,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23245

secondary

#7BC5BA

accent

#DFC948

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23245

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

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