#B23949#B23949

#B23949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.156 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23949
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 73)
HSL	hsl(352, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(352, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 49.93, 18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 53.20, 20.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.44% 0.1494 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(52.44% 0.156 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0278, 12.8752, 7.6799)
Luminance	0.1287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23949 #39B2A2

analogous

#B23985 #B23949 #B26539

triadic

#B23949 #49B239 #3949B2

tetradic

#B23949 #85B239 #39B2A2 #6539B2

square

#B23949 #85B239 #39B2A2 #6539B2

split-complementary

#B23949 #39B265 #3985B2

monochromatic

#551B23 #842A36 #B23949 #CB5D6C #DA8B96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#B23949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B23949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23949

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23949	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.156 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf777b',
    500: '#b23949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23949;
$custom-light: #cf777b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.066,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52438,
    "c": 0.1561,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23949

secondary

#82C4BC

accent

#DBC84D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23949

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

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