#B23951#B23951

#B23951 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.156 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23951
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 81)
HSL	hsl(348, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(348, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 54.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.75, 50.54, 13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.75, 52.34, 15.09°)
OKLab	oklab(52.62% 0.1526 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(52.62% 0.156 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3103, 12.9882, 9.1678)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23951 #39B29A

analogous

#B2398D #B23951 #B25D39

triadic

#B23951 #51B239 #3951B2

tetradic

#B23951 #8DB239 #39B29A #5D39B2

square

#B23951 #8DB239 #39B29A #5D39B2

split-complementary

#B23951 #39B25D #398DB2

monochromatic

#551B27 #842A3C #B23951 #CB5D73 #DA8B9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#B23951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#B23951 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23951

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23951	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.156 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7781',
    500: '#b23951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23951;
$custom-light: #cf7781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.099,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52621,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23951

secondary

#82C4B7

accent

#DBBF4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23951

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

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