#B23945#B23945

#B23945 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.156 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23945
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 69)
HSL	hsl(354, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 61.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, 49.65, 20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 53.80, 22.65°)
OKLab	oklab(52.36% 0.1478 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(52.36% 0.156 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8994, 12.8238, 7.0038)
Luminance	0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23945 #39B2A6

analogous

#B23981 #B23945 #B26939

triadic

#B23945 #45B239 #3945B2

tetradic

#B23945 #81B239 #39B2A6 #6939B2

square

#B23945 #81B239 #39B2A6 #6939B2

split-complementary

#B23945 #39B269 #3981B2

monochromatic

#551B21 #842A33 #B23945 #CB5D68 #DA8B93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#B23945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#B23945 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23945

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23945	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31D3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.156 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07778',
    500: '#b23945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23945;
$custom-light: #d07778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.05,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52355,
    "c": 0.15617,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23945

secondary

#82C4BE

accent

#DBCD4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23945

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

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