#B23A46#B23A46

#B23A46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.155 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A46
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 70)
HSL	hsl(354, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 60.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.67, 49.30, 20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.67, 53.33, 22.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.49% 0.1469 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(52.49% 0.155 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9807, 12.9362, 7.1853)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A46 #3AB2A6

analogous

#B23A82 #B23A46 #B26A3A

triadic

#B23A46 #46B23A #3A46B2

tetradic

#B23A46 #82B23A #3AB2A6 #6A3AB2

square

#B23A46 #82B23A #3AB2A6 #6A3AB2

split-complementary

#B23A46 #3AB26A #3A82B2

monochromatic

#561C22 #842B34 #B23A46 #CB5F69 #DA8D94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#B23A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#B23A46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A46

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A46	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31F3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.155 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7779',
    500: '#b23a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a46;
$custom-light: #cf7779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52488,
    "c": 0.15504,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A46

secondary

#83C4BE

accent

#DACC4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A46

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

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