#B23A52#B23A52

#B23A52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.155 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A52
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 82)
HSL	hsl(348, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(348, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 53.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, 50.21, 13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 51.93, 14.77°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% 0.1517 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.155 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3980, 13.1031, 9.3834)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A52 #3AB29A

analogous

#B23A8E #B23A52 #B25E3A

triadic

#B23A52 #52B23A #3A52B2

tetradic

#B23A52 #8EB23A #3AB29A #5E3AB2

square

#B23A52 #8EB23A #3AB29A #5E3AB2

split-complementary

#B23A52 #3AB25E #3A8EB2

monochromatic

#561C27 #842B3D #B23A52 #CB5F74 #DA8D9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#B23A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#B23A52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A52

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A52	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22344

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.155 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7882',
    500: '#b23a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a52;
$custom-light: #cf7882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52757,
    "c": 0.15536,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A52

secondary

#83C4B7

accent

#DABE4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A52

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

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