#B23649#B23649

#B23649 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.159 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23649
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 73)
HSL	hsl(351, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, 51.13, 17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 54.13, 19.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52.11% 0.1533 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(52.11% 0.159 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8839, 12.5873, 7.6319)
Luminance	0.1258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23649 #36B29F

analogous

#B23687 #B23649 #B26136

triadic

#B23649 #49B236 #3649B2

tetradic

#B23649 #87B236 #36B29F #6136B2

square

#B23649 #87B236 #36B29F #6136B2

split-complementary

#B23649 #36B261 #3687B2

monochromatic

#541A22 #832836 #B23649 #CD596A #DB8894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#B23649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#B23649 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23649

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23649	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3183E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.159 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf757b',
    500: '#b23649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23649;
$custom-light: #cf757b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.806,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52111,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23649

secondary

#7FC5BA

accent

#DDC64B

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23649

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

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