#B23C44#B23C44

#B23C44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.153 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23C44
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 68)
HSL	hsl(356, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 61.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.94, 48.33, 21.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.94, 53.06, 24.39°)
OKLab	oklab(52.68% 0.1435 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(52.68% 0.153 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0214, 13.1169, 6.8926)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23C44 #3CB2AA

analogous

#B23C7F #B23C44 #B26F3C

triadic

#B23C44 #44B23C #3C44B2

tetradic

#B23C44 #7FB23C #3CB2AA #6F3CB2

square

#B23C44 #7FB23C #3CB2AA #6F3CB2

split-complementary

#B23C44 #3CB26F #3C7FB2

monochromatic

#561D21 #842D33 #B23C44 #CA6168 #D98F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#B23C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#B23C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23C44

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23C44	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)

#5B5643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.153 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7877',
    500: '#b23c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23c44;
$custom-light: #cf7877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.932,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5268,
    "c": 0.15292,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23C44

secondary

#86C4C0

accent

#D9D04F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23C44

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

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