#B23A44#B23A44

#B23A44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.155 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A44
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 68)
HSL	hsl(355, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(355, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 61.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, 49.17, 21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 53.67, 23.63°)
OKLab	oklab(52.45% 0.1461 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(52.45% 0.155 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9186, 12.9113, 6.8583)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A44 #3AB2A8

analogous

#B23A80 #B23A44 #B26C3A

triadic

#B23A44 #44B23A #3A44B2

tetradic

#B23A44 #80B23A #3AB2A8 #6C3AB2

square

#B23A44 #80B23A #3AB2A8 #6C3AB2

split-complementary

#B23A44 #3AB26C #3A80B2

monochromatic

#561C21 #842B32 #B23A44 #CB5F68 #DA8D93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#B23A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#B23A44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A44

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A44	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.155 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07777',
    500: '#b23a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a44;
$custom-light: #d07777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52448,
    "c": 0.15512,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A44

secondary

#83C4BF

accent

#DACF4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A44

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

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