#B23855#B23855

#B23855 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.158 H 10.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23855
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 85)
HSL	hsl(346, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(346, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, 51.28, 11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 52.46, 12.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.61% 0.1555 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(52.61% 0.158 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4158, 12.9520, 9.9648)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23855 #38B295

analogous

#B23892 #B23855 #B25838

triadic

#B23855 #55B238 #3855B2

tetradic

#B23855 #92B238 #38B295 #5838B2

square

#B23855 #92B238 #38B295 #5838B2

split-complementary

#B23855 #38B258 #3892B2

monochromatic

#551B29 #83293F #B23855 #CC5C76 #DA8A9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#B23855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#B23855 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23855

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23855	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.158 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7784',
    500: '#b23855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23855;
$custom-light: #cf7784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.738,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52611,
    "c": 0.15804,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23855

secondary

#81C5B5

accent

#DCBA4C

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23855

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

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