#B23755#B23755

#B23755 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.159 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23755
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 85)
HSL	hsl(345, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(345, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.55, 51.67, 10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.55, 52.80, 11.87°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% 0.1568 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.159 10)
XYZ	xyz(21.3678, 12.8561, 9.9488)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23755 #37B294

analogous

#B23792 #B23755 #B25637

triadic

#B23755 #55B237 #3755B2

tetradic

#B23755 #92B237 #37B294 #5637B2

square

#B23755 #92B237 #37B294 #5637B2

split-complementary

#B23755 #37B256 #3792B2

monochromatic

#541A28 #83293F #B23755 #CC5A76 #DB899D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#B23755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B23755 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23755

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23755	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C21F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.159 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7684',
    500: '#b23755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23755;
$custom-light: #cf7684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.366,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52503,
    "c": 0.1592,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.12853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23755

secondary

#80C5B4

accent

#DCB94C

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEDEF

border

#D3C8CA

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23755

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

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