#B23843#B23843

#B23843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.157 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23843
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 67)
HSL	hsl(355, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 62.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, 49.92, 21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 54.44, 23.50°)
OKLab	oklab(52.2% 0.1483 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(52.2% 0.157 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7895, 12.7015, 6.6660)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23843 #38B2A7

analogous

#B23880 #B23843 #B26A38

triadic

#B23843 #43B238 #3843B2

tetradic

#B23843 #80B238 #38B2A7 #6A38B2

square

#B23843 #80B238 #38B2A7 #6A38B2

split-complementary

#B23843 #38B26A #3880B2

monochromatic

#551B20 #832931 #B23843 #CC5C66 #DA8A91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#B23843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#B23843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23843

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23843	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.157 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07677',
    500: '#b23843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23843;
$custom-light: #d07677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.59,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52204,
    "c": 0.15733,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23843

secondary

#81C5BE

accent

#DCCF4C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23843

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

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