#B23845#B23845

#B23845 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.157 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23845
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 69)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 61.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.35, 50.06, 20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.35, 54.10, 22.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.24% 0.1491 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(52.24% 0.157 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8505, 12.7259, 6.9875)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23845 #38B2A5

analogous

#B23882 #B23845 #B26838

triadic

#B23845 #45B238 #3845B2

tetradic

#B23845 #82B238 #38B2A5 #6838B2

square

#B23845 #82B238 #38B2A5 #6838B2

split-complementary

#B23845 #38B268 #3882B2

monochromatic

#551B21 #832933 #B23845 #CC5C68 #DA8A93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#B23845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#B23845 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23845

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23845	1.00	5.92	3.54	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.157 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07678',
    500: '#b23845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23845;
$custom-light: #d07678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.607,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52244,
    "c": 0.15725,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23845

secondary

#81C5BD

accent

#DCCC4C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23845

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

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