#B23A47#B23A47

#B23A47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.155 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A47
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 71)
HSL	hsl(354, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 60.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, 49.37, 19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 53.17, 21.79°)
OKLab	oklab(52.51% 0.1473 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(52.51% 0.155 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0125, 12.9489, 7.3529)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A47 #3AB2A5

analogous

#B23A83 #B23A47 #B2693A

triadic

#B23A47 #47B23A #3A47B2

tetradic

#B23A47 #83B23A #3AB2A5 #693AB2

square

#B23A47 #83B23A #3AB2A5 #693AB2

split-complementary

#B23A47 #3AB269 #3A83B2

monochromatic

#561C22 #842B35 #B23A47 #CB5F6A #DA8D95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#B23A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#B23A47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A47

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A47	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.155 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf777a',
    500: '#b23a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a47;
$custom-light: #cf777a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.5,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52509,
    "c": 0.15501,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A47

secondary

#83C4BD

accent

#DACB4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A47

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

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