#B23C4E#B23C4E

#B23C4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.153 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23C4E
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 78)
HSL	hsl(351, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(351, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 56.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.14, 49.05, 16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.14, 51.60, 18.08°)
OKLab	oklab(52.89% 0.1475 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(52.89% 0.153 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3530, 13.2496, 8.6393)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23C4E #3CB2A0

analogous

#B23C89 #B23C4E #B2653C

triadic

#B23C4E #4EB23C #3C4EB2

tetradic

#B23C4E #89B23C #3CB2A0 #653CB2

square

#B23C4E #89B23C #3CB2A0 #653CB2

split-complementary

#B23C4E #3CB265 #3C89B2

monochromatic

#561D26 #842D3A #B23C4E #CA6171 #D98F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#B23C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B23C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23C4E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23C4E	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59564E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.153 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf797f',
    500: '#b23c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23c4e;
$custom-light: #cf797f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.847,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52892,
    "c": 0.15276,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23C4E

secondary

#86C4BB

accent

#D9C44F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23C4E

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

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