#B23850#B23850

#B23850 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.158 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23850
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 80)
HSL	hsl(348, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(348, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 55.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 50.87, 14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 52.76, 15.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.1535 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.158 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2242, 12.8754, 8.9554)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23850 #38B29A

analogous

#B2388D #B23850 #B25D38

triadic

#B23850 #50B238 #3850B2

tetradic

#B23850 #8DB238 #38B29A #5D38B2

square

#B23850 #8DB238 #38B29A #5D38B2

split-complementary

#B23850 #38B25D #388DB2

monochromatic

#551B26 #83293B #B23850 #CC5C72 #DA8A9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#B23850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B23850 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23850

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23850	1.00	5.87	3.57	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C21F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.158 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7780',
    500: '#b23850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23850;
$custom-light: #cf7780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.197,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52487,
    "c": 0.15751,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23850

secondary

#81C5B7

accent

#DCBF4C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDEE

border

#D3C8C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23850

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

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