#B23950#B23950

#B23950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.156 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23950
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 80)
HSL	hsl(349, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(349, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 55.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, 50.46, 14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 52.42, 15.73°)
OKLab	oklab(52.6% 0.1522 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(52.6% 0.156 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2731, 12.9733, 8.9717)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23950 #39B29B

analogous

#B2398C #B23950 #B25E39

triadic

#B23950 #50B239 #3950B2

tetradic

#B23950 #8CB239 #39B29B #5E39B2

square

#B23950 #8CB239 #39B29B #5E39B2

split-complementary

#B23950 #39B25E #398CB2

monochromatic

#551B26 #842A3B #B23950 #CB5D72 #DA8B9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#B23950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#B23950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23950

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23950	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.156 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7780',
    500: '#b23950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23950;
$custom-light: #cf7780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.595,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52597,
    "c": 0.15636,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23950

secondary

#82C4B8

accent

#DBC04D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23950

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

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