#B23847#B23847

#B23847 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.157 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23847
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 71)
HSL	hsl(353, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 60.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.39, 50.19, 19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.39, 53.79, 21.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% 0.1499 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.157 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9136, 12.7512, 7.3200)
Luminance	0.1275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23847 #38B2A3

analogous

#B23884 #B23847 #B26638

triadic

#B23847 #47B238 #3847B2

tetradic

#B23847 #84B238 #38B2A3 #6638B2

square

#B23847 #84B238 #38B2A3 #6638B2

split-complementary

#B23847 #38B266 #3884B2

monochromatic

#551B22 #832934 #B23847 #CC5C69 #DA8A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#B23847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#B23847 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23847

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23847	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)

#585447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.157 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf767a',
    500: '#b23847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23847;
$custom-light: #cf767a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.623,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52285,
    "c": 0.15721,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23847

secondary

#81C5BC

accent

#DCCA4C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23847

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

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