#B23B53#B23B53

#B23B53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.154 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23B53
RGB	rgb(178, 59, 83)
HSL	hsl(348, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(348, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 53.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.09, 49.88, 12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.09, 51.51, 14.46°)
OKLab	oklab(52.9% 0.1508 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(52.9% 0.154 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4873, 13.2203, 9.6022)
Luminance	0.1322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23B53 #3BB29A

analogous

#B23B8F #B23B53 #B25F3B

triadic

#B23B53 #53B23B #3B53B2

tetradic

#B23B53 #8FB23B #3BB29A #5F3BB2

square

#B23B53 #8FB23B #3BB29A #5F3BB2

split-complementary

#B23B53 #3BB25F #3B8FB2

monochromatic

#561D28 #842C3E #B23B53 #CA6075 #DA8E9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#B23B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#B23B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23B53

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23B53	1.00	5.76	3.64	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 59, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.154 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7883',
    500: '#b23b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23b53;
$custom-light: #cf7883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.899,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52895,
    "c": 0.15426,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23B53

secondary

#85C4B7

accent

#DABE4E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23B53

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

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