#B23A56#B23A56

#B23A56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.156 H 10.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A56
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 86)
HSL	hsl(346, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(346, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, 50.55, 10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 51.71, 12.15°)
OKLab	oklab(52.86% 0.1533 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(52.86% 0.156 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.5547, 13.1658, 10.2085)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A56 #3AB296

analogous

#B23A92 #B23A56 #B25A3A

triadic

#B23A56 #56B23A #3A56B2

tetradic

#B23A56 #92B23A #3AB296 #5A3AB2

square

#B23A56 #92B23A #3AB296 #5A3AB2

split-complementary

#B23A56 #3AB25A #3A92B2

monochromatic

#561C29 #842B40 #B23A56 #CB5F78 #DA8D9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#B23A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#B23A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A56

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A56	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.156 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7885',
    500: '#b23a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a56;
$custom-light: #ce7885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52858,
    "c": 0.15579,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A56

secondary

#83C4B5

accent

#DAB94D

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#15090B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A56

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

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