#B23D45#B23D45

#B23D45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.152 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D45
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 61.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, 47.97, 21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 52.58, 24.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.82% 0.1425 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(52.82% 0.152 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1050, 13.2350, 7.0723)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D45 #3DB2AA

analogous

#B23D80 #B23D45 #B26F3D

triadic

#B23D45 #45B23D #3D45B2

tetradic

#B23D45 #80B23D #3DB2AA #6F3DB2

square

#B23D45 #80B23D #3DB2AA #6F3DB2

split-complementary

#B23D45 #3DB26F #3D80B2

monochromatic

#571E22 #842D33 #B23D45 #C9636A #D99095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#B23D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B23D45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D45

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D45	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.152 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7978',
    500: '#b23d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d45;
$custom-light: #cf7978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.897,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52817,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D45

secondary

#87C4C0

accent

#D9CF4F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D45

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

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