#B23345#B23345

#B23345 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.163 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23345
RGB	rgb(178, 51, 69)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 61.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.63, 52.01, 19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.63, 55.58, 20.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.71% 0.1554 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(51.71% 0.163 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6202, 12.2652, 6.9107)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23345 #33B2A0

analogous

#B23385 #B23345 #B26033

triadic

#B23345 #45B233 #3345B2

tetradic

#B23345 #85B233 #33B2A0 #6033B2

square

#B23345 #85B233 #33B2A0 #6033B2

split-complementary

#B23345 #33B260 #3385B2

monochromatic

#531820 #822533 #B23345 #CE5465 #DC8490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#B23345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B23345 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23345

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23345	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 51, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.163 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07478',
    500: '#b23345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23345;
$custom-light: #d07478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.496,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51712,
    "c": 0.16254,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23345

secondary

#7CC5BB

accent

#DFCA49

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23345

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

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