#B23247#B23247

#B23247 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.164 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23247
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 71)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 60.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.54, 52.52, 18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.54, 55.59, 19.13°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.1574 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.164 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6401, 12.2040, 7.2288)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23247 #32B29D

analogous

#B23287 #B23247 #B25D32

triadic

#B23247 #47B232 #3247B2

tetradic

#B23247 #87B232 #32B29D #5D32B2

square

#B23247 #87B232 #32B29D #5D32B2

split-complementary

#B23247 #32B25D #3287B2

monochromatic

#521721 #822534 #B23247 #CF5367 #DC8291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#B23247 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B23247 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23247

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23247	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23247	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23247;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.164 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0737a',
    500: '#b23247',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23247;
$custom-light: #d0737a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23247",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.156,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51654,
    "c": 0.16359,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23247

secondary

#7BC5B9

accent

#DFC748

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23247

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

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