#B23A4F#B23A4F

#B23A4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.155 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A4F
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 79)
HSL	hsl(350, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(350, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 55.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.85, 49.97, 15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.85, 52.18, 16.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.69% 0.1505 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(52.69% 0.155 14)
XYZ	xyz(21.2864, 13.0585, 8.7952)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A4F #3AB29D

analogous

#B23A8B #B23A4F #B2613A

triadic

#B23A4F #4FB23A #3A4FB2

tetradic

#B23A4F #8BB23A #3AB29D #613AB2

square

#B23A4F #8BB23A #3AB29D #613AB2

split-complementary

#B23A4F #3AB261 #3A8BB2

monochromatic

#561C26 #842B3B #B23A4F #CB5F71 #DA8D9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#B23A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B23A4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A4F

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A4F	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)

#57564F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.155 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7880',
    500: '#b23a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a4f;
$custom-light: #cf7880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.5,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52686,
    "c": 0.15514,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.13056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A4F

secondary

#83C4B9

accent

#DAC24D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A4F

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

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