#B23852#B23852

#B23852 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.158 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23852
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 82)
HSL	hsl(347, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(347, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 53.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.62, 51.03, 12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.62, 52.62, 14.12°)
OKLab	oklab(52.54% 0.1543 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(52.54% 0.158 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2992, 12.9054, 9.3504)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23852 #38B298

analogous

#B2388F #B23852 #B25B38

triadic

#B23852 #52B238 #3852B2

tetradic

#B23852 #8FB238 #38B298 #5B38B2

square

#B23852 #8FB238 #38B298 #5B38B2

split-complementary

#B23852 #38B25B #388FB2

monochromatic

#551B27 #83293D #B23852 #CC5C73 #DA8A9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#B23852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#B23852 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23852

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23852	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.158 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7782',
    500: '#b23852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23852;
$custom-light: #cf7782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.213,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52536,
    "c": 0.15769,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23852

secondary

#81C5B6

accent

#DCBD4C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23852

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

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