#B23A50#B23A50

#B23A50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.155 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A50
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 80)
HSL	hsl(349, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(349, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 55.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, 50.05, 14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 52.09, 16.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.71% 0.1509 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(52.71% 0.155 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3230, 13.0731, 8.9884)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A50 #3AB29C

analogous

#B23A8C #B23A50 #B2603A

triadic

#B23A50 #50B23A #3A50B2

tetradic

#B23A50 #8CB23A #3AB29C #603AB2

square

#B23A50 #8CB23A #3AB29C #603AB2

split-complementary

#B23A50 #3AB260 #3A8CB2

monochromatic

#561C27 #842B3B #B23A50 #CB5F72 #DA8D9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#B23A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B23A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A50

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A50	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.155 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7880',
    500: '#b23a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a50;
$custom-light: #cf7880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52709,
    "c": 0.1552,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A50

secondary

#83C4B8

accent

#DAC14D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A50

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

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