#B23C52#B23C52

#B23C52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.153 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23C52
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 82)
HSL	hsl(349, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(349, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 53.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.22, 49.38, 13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.22, 51.23, 15.47°)
OKLab	oklab(52.99% 0.1491 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(52.99% 0.153 13)
XYZ	xyz(21.5008, 13.3087, 9.4176)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23C52 #3CB29C

analogous

#B23C8D #B23C52 #B2613C

triadic

#B23C52 #52B23C #3C52B2

tetradic

#B23C52 #8DB23C #3CB29C #613CB2

square

#B23C52 #8DB23C #3CB29C #613CB2

split-complementary

#B23C52 #3CB261 #3C8DB2

monochromatic

#561D28 #842D3D #B23C52 #CA6175 #D98F9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#B23C52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B23C52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23C52

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23C52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23C52	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776F4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23c52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.153 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7982',
    500: '#b23c52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23c52;
$custom-light: #cf7982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23c52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.814,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52986,
    "c": 0.15298,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.13306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23C52

secondary

#86C4B9

accent

#D9BF4F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23C52

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

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