#B23955#B23955

#B23955 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.157 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23955
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 85)
HSL	hsl(346, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(346, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, 50.87, 11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 52.10, 12.49°)
OKLab	oklab(52.72% 0.1542 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(52.72% 0.157 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4648, 13.0499, 9.9811)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23955 #39B296

analogous

#B23991 #B23955 #B25939

triadic

#B23955 #55B239 #3955B2

tetradic

#B23955 #91B239 #39B296 #5939B2

square

#B23955 #91B239 #39B296 #5939B2

split-complementary

#B23955 #39B259 #3991B2

monochromatic

#551B29 #842A3F #B23955 #CB5D77 #DA8B9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#B23955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B23955 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23955

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23955	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.157 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7784',
    500: '#b23955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23955;
$custom-light: #cf7784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.116,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52721,
    "c": 0.15686,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23955

secondary

#82C4B5

accent

#DBBA4D

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23955

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

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