#B23957#B23957

#B23957 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.157 H 9.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23957
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 87)
HSL	hsl(345, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(345, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.89, 51.04, 10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.89, 52.03, 11.18°)
OKLab	oklab(52.77% 0.155 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(52.77% 0.157 9.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5453, 13.0822, 10.4055)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23957 #39B294

analogous

#B23993 #B23957 #B25739

triadic

#B23957 #57B239 #3957B2

tetradic

#B23957 #93B239 #39B294 #5739B2

square

#B23957 #93B239 #39B294 #5739B2

split-complementary

#B23957 #39B257 #3993B2

monochromatic

#551B2A #842A40 #B23957 #CB5D78 #DA8B9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#B23957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#B23957 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23957

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23957	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.157 9.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7786',
    500: '#b23957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23957;
$custom-light: #ce7786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.124,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52773,
    "c": 0.15714,
    "h": 9.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23957

secondary

#82C4B4

accent

#DBB84D

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23957

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

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