#B23C50#B23C50

#B23C50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.153 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23C50
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 80)
HSL	hsl(350, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(350, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 55.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.18, 49.21, 14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.18, 51.40, 16.78°)
OKLab	oklab(52.94% 0.1483 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(52.94% 0.153 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4258, 13.2787, 9.0227)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23C50 #3CB29E

analogous

#B23C8B #B23C50 #B2633C

triadic

#B23C50 #50B23C #3C50B2

tetradic

#B23C50 #8BB23C #3CB29E #633CB2

square

#B23C50 #8BB23C #3CB29E #633CB2

split-complementary

#B23C50 #3CB263 #3C8BB2

monochromatic

#561D27 #842D3B #B23C50 #CA6173 #D98F9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#B23C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B23C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23C50

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23C50	1.00	5.75	3.66	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.153 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7980',
    500: '#b23c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23c50;
$custom-light: #cf7980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.831,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52938,
    "c": 0.15285,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23C50

secondary

#86C4BA

accent

#D9C24F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23C50

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

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