#B23B52#B23B52

#B23B52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.154 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23B52
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 82)
HSL	hsl(348, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(348, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 53.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.07, 49.80, 13.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.07, 51.58, 15.12°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% 0.1504 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.154 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4489, 13.2049, 9.4003)
Luminance	0.1320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23B52 #3BB29B

analogous

#B23B8E #B23B52 #B2603B

triadic

#B23B52 #52B23B #3B52B2

tetradic

#B23B52 #8EB23B #3BB29B #603BB2

square

#B23B52 #8EB23B #3BB29B #603BB2

split-complementary

#B23B52 #3BB260 #3B8EB2

monochromatic

#561D28 #842C3D #B23B52 #CA6074 #DA8E9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#B23B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#B23B52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23B52

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23B52	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766F4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.154 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7882',
    500: '#b23b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23b52;
$custom-light: #cf7882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.403,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52871,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23B52

secondary

#85C4B8

accent

#DABF4E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23B52

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

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