#B23351#B23351

#B23351 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.163 H 11.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23351
RGB	rgb(178, 51, 81)
HSL	hsl(346, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(346, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 54.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.89, 52.89, 12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.89, 54.34, 13.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.99% 0.1601 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(51.99% 0.163 11.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0310, 12.4296, 9.0747)
Luminance	0.1243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23351 #33B294

analogous

#B23390 #B23351 #B25533

triadic

#B23351 #51B233 #3351B2

tetradic

#B23351 #90B233 #33B294 #5533B2

square

#B23351 #90B233 #33B294 #5533B2

split-complementary

#B23351 #33B255 #3390B2

monochromatic

#531826 #82253B #B23351 #CE5471 #DC8498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#B23351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#B23351 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23351

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23351	1.00	6.03	3.49	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2163F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 51, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.163 11.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7481',
    500: '#b23351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23351;
$custom-light: #cf7481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.827,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51986,
    "c": 0.16321,
    "h": 11.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23351

secondary

#7CC5B4

accent

#DFBB49

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDEE

border

#D4C8C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23351

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

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