#B23D41#B23D41

#B23D41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.152 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D41
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 65)
HSL	hsl(358, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 63.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.04, 47.70, 23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.04, 53.34, 26.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.74% 0.1409 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(52.74% 0.152 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9850, 13.1870, 6.4403)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D41 #3DB2AE

analogous

#B23D7C #B23D41 #B2743D

triadic

#B23D41 #41B23D #3D41B2

tetradic

#B23D41 #7CB23D #3DB2AE #743DB2

square

#B23D41 #7CB23D #3DB2AE #743DB2

split-complementary

#B23D41 #3DB274 #3D7CB2

monochromatic

#571E20 #842D30 #B23D41 #C96366 #D99093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#B23D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#B23D41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D41

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D41	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3223F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.152 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07975',
    500: '#b23d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d41;
$custom-light: #d07975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.949,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52741,
    "c": 0.15206,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D41

secondary

#87C4C2

accent

#D9D44F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D41

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

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