#B23248#B23248

#B23248 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.164 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23248
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 72)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(350, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.56, 52.59, 17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.56, 55.47, 18.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% 0.1578 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.164 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.6724, 12.2170, 7.3992)
Luminance	0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23248 #32B29C

analogous

#B23288 #B23248 #B25C32

triadic

#B23248 #48B232 #3248B2

tetradic

#B23248 #88B232 #32B29C #5C32B2

square

#B23248 #88B232 #32B29C #5C32B2

split-complementary

#B23248 #32B25C #3288B2

monochromatic

#521721 #822535 #B23248 #CF5368 #DC8292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#B23248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B23248 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23248

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23248	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)

#545148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.164 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0737a',
    500: '#b23248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23248;
$custom-light: #d0737a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.688,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51676,
    "c": 0.16362,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23248

secondary

#7BC5B8

accent

#DFC548

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23248

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

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