#B23A4E#B23A4E

#B23A4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.155 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A4E
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 78)
HSL	hsl(350, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(350, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 56.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, 49.89, 15.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 52.27, 17.37°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% 0.1501 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.155 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2502, 13.0440, 8.6050)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A4E #3AB29E

analogous

#B23A8A #B23A4E #B2623A

triadic

#B23A4E #4EB23A #3A4EB2

tetradic

#B23A4E #8AB23A #3AB29E #623AB2

square

#B23A4E #8AB23A #3AB29E #623AB2

split-complementary

#B23A4E #3AB262 #3A8AB2

monochromatic

#561C26 #842B3A #B23A4E #CB5F71 #DA8D9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#B23A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B23A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A4E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A4E	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58554E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766E4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.155 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf777f',
    500: '#b23a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a4e;
$custom-light: #cf777f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52662,
    "c": 0.15509,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A4E

secondary

#83C4BA

accent

#DAC34D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A4E

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

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