#B23952#B23952

#B23952 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.157 H 12.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23952
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 82)
HSL	hsl(348, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(348, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 53.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, 50.62, 13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 52.27, 14.44°)
OKLab	oklab(52.65% 0.153 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(52.65% 0.157 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3481, 13.0033, 9.3667)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23952 #39B299

analogous

#B2398E #B23952 #B25C39

triadic

#B23952 #52B239 #3952B2

tetradic

#B23952 #8EB239 #39B299 #5C39B2

square

#B23952 #8EB239 #39B299 #5C39B2

split-complementary

#B23952 #39B25C #398EB2

monochromatic

#551B27 #842A3D #B23952 #CB5D74 #DA8B9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#B23952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#B23952 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23952

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23952	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.157 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7782',
    500: '#b23952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23952;
$custom-light: #cf7782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.603,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52646,
    "c": 0.15653,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23952

secondary

#82C4B7

accent

#DBBE4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23952

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

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