#B23C49#B23C49

#B23C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.153 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23C49
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 73)
HSL	hsl(353, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(353, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.03, 48.68, 18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.03, 52.24, 21.29°)
OKLab	oklab(52.78% 0.1455 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(52.78% 0.153 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1805, 13.1806, 7.7308)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23C49 #3CB2A5

analogous

#B23C84 #B23C49 #B26A3C

triadic

#B23C49 #49B23C #3C49B2

tetradic

#B23C49 #84B23C #3CB2A5 #6A3CB2

square

#B23C49 #84B23C #3CB2A5 #6A3CB2

split-complementary

#B23C49 #3CB26A #3C84B2

monochromatic

#561D23 #842D36 #B23C49 #CA616D #D98F97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#B23C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#B23C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23C49

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23C49	1.00	5.78	3.64	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.153 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf787b',
    500: '#b23c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23c49;
$custom-light: #cf787b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.39,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52782,
    "c": 0.15272,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23C49

secondary

#86C4BD

accent

#D9CA4F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23C49

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

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