#B23646#B23646

#B23646 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.159 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23646
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 70)
HSL	hsl(352, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 60.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, 50.92, 19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 54.55, 21.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.05% 0.1521 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(52.05% 0.159 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7868, 12.5484, 7.1207)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23646 #36B2A2

analogous

#B23684 #B23646 #B26436

triadic

#B23646 #46B236 #3646B2

tetradic

#B23646 #84B236 #36B2A2 #6436B2

square

#B23646 #84B236 #36B2A2 #6436B2

split-complementary

#B23646 #36B264 #3684B2

monochromatic

#541A21 #832834 #B23646 #CD5968 #DB8892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#B23646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#B23646 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23646

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23646	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3173D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.159 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07579',
    500: '#b23646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23646;
$custom-light: #d07579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.258,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52047,
    "c": 0.15938,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23646

secondary

#7FC5BC

accent

#DDCA4B

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23646

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

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