#B23249#B23249

#B23249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.164 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23249
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 73)
HSL	hsl(349, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(349, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.58, 52.66, 17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.58, 55.35, 17.92°)
OKLab	oklab(51.7% 0.1582 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(51.7% 0.164 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7053, 12.2301, 7.5724)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23249 #32B29B

analogous

#B23289 #B23249 #B25B32

triadic

#B23249 #49B232 #3249B2

tetradic

#B23249 #89B232 #32B29B #5B32B2

square

#B23249 #89B232 #32B29B #5B32B2

split-complementary

#B23249 #32B25B #3289B2

monochromatic

#521722 #822535 #B23249 #CF5369 #DC8293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#B23249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B23249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23249

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23249	1.00	6.10	3.45	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.164 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0737b',
    500: '#b23249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23249;
$custom-light: #d0737b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.219,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51698,
    "c": 0.16366,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23249

secondary

#7BC5B8

accent

#DFC448

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23249

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

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