#B23548#B23548

#B23548 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.160 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23548
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 72)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.97, 51.45, 18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.97, 54.57, 19.45°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% 0.1541 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.16 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8049, 12.4820, 7.4434)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23548 #35B29F

analogous

#B23586 #B23548 #B26035

triadic

#B23548 #48B235 #3548B2

tetradic

#B23548 #86B235 #35B29F #6035B2

square

#B23548 #86B235 #35B29F #6035B2

split-complementary

#B23548 #35B260 #3586B2

monochromatic

#541922 #832735 #B23548 #CD5769 #DB8693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#B23548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#B23548 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23548

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23548	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3163D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.160 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0757a',
    500: '#b23548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23548;
$custom-light: #d0757a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.88,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51983,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23548

secondary

#7EC5BA

accent

#DDC74A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23548

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

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