#B23A40#B23A40

#B23A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.155 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A40
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 64)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(357, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.56, 48.91, 23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.56, 54.42, 26.01°)
OKLab	oklab(52.37% 0.1445 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(52.37% 0.155 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8007, 12.8642, 6.2372)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A40 #3AB2AC

analogous

#B23A7C #B23A40 #B2703A

triadic

#B23A40 #40B23A #3A40B2

tetradic

#B23A40 #7CB23A #3AB2AC #703AB2

square

#B23A40 #7CB23A #3AB2AC #703AB2

split-complementary

#B23A40 #3AB270 #3A7CB2

monochromatic

#561C1F #842B2F #B23A40 #CB5F64 #DA8D91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#B23A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B23A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A40

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A40	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A543F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.155 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07774',
    500: '#b23a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a40;
$custom-light: #d07774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52372,
    "c": 0.15538,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A40

secondary

#83C4C1

accent

#DAD34D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A40

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

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