#B23B47#B23B47

#B23B47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.154 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23B47
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 71)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 60.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, 48.96, 19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 52.86, 22.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52.62% 0.146 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(52.62% 0.154 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0634, 13.0507, 7.3699)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23B47 #3BB2A6

analogous

#B23B83 #B23B47 #B26B3B

triadic

#B23B47 #47B23B #3B47B2

tetradic

#B23B47 #83B23B #3BB2A6 #6B3BB2

square

#B23B47 #83B23B #3BB2A6 #6B3BB2

split-complementary

#B23B47 #3BB26B #3B83B2

monochromatic

#561D22 #842C35 #B23B47 #CA606B #DA8E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#B23B47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B23B47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23B47

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23B47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23B47	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)

#595547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23b47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.154 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf787a',
    500: '#b23b47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23b47;
$custom-light: #cf787a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23b47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.95,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52624,
    "c": 0.15389,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23B47

secondary

#85C4BE

accent

#DACC4E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23B47

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

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