#B23846#B23846

#B23846 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.157 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23846
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 70)
HSL	hsl(353, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 60.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.37, 50.12, 19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.37, 53.94, 21.69°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% 0.1495 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.157 18)
XYZ	xyz(20.8818, 12.7384, 7.1523)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23846 #38B2A4

analogous

#B23883 #B23846 #B26738

triadic

#B23846 #46B238 #3846B2

tetradic

#B23846 #83B238 #38B2A4 #6738B2

square

#B23846 #83B238 #38B2A4 #6738B2

split-complementary

#B23846 #38B267 #3883B2

monochromatic

#551B21 #832934 #B23846 #CC5C68 #DA8A93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#B23846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#B23846 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23846

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23846	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.157 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7679',
    500: '#b23846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23846;
$custom-light: #cf7679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.115,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52264,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.12736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23846

secondary

#81C5BD

accent

#DCCB4C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23846

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

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