#B23849#B23849

#B23849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.157 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23849
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 73)
HSL	hsl(352, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.43, 50.33, 18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.43, 53.51, 19.84°)
OKLab	oklab(52.33% 0.1507 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(52.33% 0.157 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9789, 12.7773, 7.6636)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23849 #38B2A1

analogous

#B23886 #B23849 #B26438

triadic

#B23849 #49B238 #3849B2

tetradic

#B23849 #86B238 #38B2A1 #6438B2

square

#B23849 #86B238 #38B2A1 #6438B2

split-complementary

#B23849 #38B264 #3886B2

monochromatic

#551B23 #832936 #B23849 #CC5C6B #DA8A95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#B23849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#B23849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23849

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23849	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.157 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf767b',
    500: '#b23849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23849;
$custom-light: #cf767b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.639,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52327,
    "c": 0.15721,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23849

secondary

#81C5BB

accent

#DCC84C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23849

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

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