#B23250#B23250

#B23250 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.164 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23250
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 80)
HSL	hsl(346, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(346, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 55.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.73, 53.18, 12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.73, 54.72, 13.59°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.161 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.164 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9506, 12.3283, 8.8642)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23250 #32B294

analogous

#B23290 #B23250 #B25432

triadic

#B23250 #50B232 #3250B2

tetradic

#B23250 #90B232 #32B294 #5432B2

square

#B23250 #90B232 #32B294 #5432B2

split-complementary

#B23250 #32B254 #3290B2

monochromatic

#521725 #82253B #B23250 #CF5370 #DC8297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#B23250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#B23250 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23250

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23250	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2133E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.164 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7480',
    500: '#b23250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23250;
$custom-light: #cf7480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.938,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51862,
    "c": 0.16418,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23250

secondary

#7BC5B4

accent

#DFBC48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23250

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

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