#B23246#B23246

#B23246 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.164 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23246
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 70)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 60.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.52, 52.45, 18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.52, 55.73, 19.73°)
OKLab	oklab(51.63% 0.157 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(51.63% 0.164 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6082, 12.1913, 7.0612)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23246 #32B29E

analogous

#B23286 #B23246 #B25E32

triadic

#B23246 #46B232 #3246B2

tetradic

#B23246 #86B232 #32B29E #5E32B2

square

#B23246 #86B232 #32B29E #5E32B2

split-complementary

#B23246 #32B25E #3286B2

monochromatic

#521720 #822533 #B23246 #CF5366 #DC8290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#B23246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B23246 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23246

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23246	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)

#545146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.164 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07379',
    500: '#b23246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23246;
$custom-light: #d07379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.625,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51633,
    "c": 0.16357,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23246

secondary

#7BC5BA

accent

#DFC848

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23246

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

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