#B23A48#B23A48

#B23A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.155 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A48
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 72)
HSL	hsl(353, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.71, 49.44, 19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.71, 53.02, 21.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.53% 0.1477 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(52.53% 0.155 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0449, 12.9619, 7.5233)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A48 #3AB2A4

analogous

#B23A84 #B23A48 #B2683A

triadic

#B23A48 #48B23A #3A48B2

tetradic

#B23A48 #84B23A #3AB2A4 #683AB2

square

#B23A48 #84B23A #3AB2A4 #683AB2

split-complementary

#B23A48 #3AB268 #3A84B2

monochromatic

#561C23 #842B35 #B23A48 #CB5F6B #DA8D96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#B23A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#B23A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A48

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A48	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)

#595548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.155 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf777a',
    500: '#b23a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a48;
$custom-light: #cf777a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5253,
    "c": 0.15499,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A48

secondary

#83C4BD

accent

#DACA4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A48

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

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