#B23A4A#B23A4A

#B23A4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.155 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A4A
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 74)
HSL	hsl(352, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(352, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 58.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.75, 49.59, 17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.75, 52.74, 19.91°)
OKLab	oklab(52.57% 0.1485 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(52.57% 0.155 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1112, 12.9884, 7.8726)
Luminance	0.1299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A4A #3AB2A2

analogous

#B23A86 #B23A4A #B2663A

triadic

#B23A4A #4AB23A #3A4AB2

tetradic

#B23A4A #86B23A #3AB2A2 #663AB2

square

#B23A4A #86B23A #3AB2A2 #663AB2

split-complementary

#B23A4A #3AB266 #3A86B2

monochromatic

#561C24 #842B37 #B23A4A #CB5F6D #DA8D97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#B23A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#B23A4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A4A

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A4A	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58554A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.155 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf777c',
    500: '#b23a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a4a;
$custom-light: #cf777c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52573,
    "c": 0.15498,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A4A

secondary

#83C4BC

accent

#DAC84D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A4A

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

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