#B23545#B23545

#B23545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.160 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23545
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 69)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 61.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.91, 51.25, 19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.91, 54.99, 21.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% 0.1529 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.16 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7094, 12.4438, 6.9405)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23545 #35B2A2

analogous

#B23583 #B23545 #B26335

triadic

#B23545 #45B235 #3545B2

tetradic

#B23545 #83B235 #35B2A2 #6335B2

square

#B23545 #83B235 #35B2A2 #6335B2

split-complementary

#B23545 #35B263 #3583B2

monochromatic

#541920 #832733 #B23545 #CD5766 #DB8691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#B23545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#B23545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23545

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23545	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3143C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.160 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07578',
    500: '#b23545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23545;
$custom-light: #d07578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.32,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5192,
    "c": 0.16045,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23545

secondary

#7EC5BC

accent

#DDCB4A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23545

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

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