#B23D47#B23D47

#B23D47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.152 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D47
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 71)
HSL	hsl(355, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(355, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 60.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, 48.11, 20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 52.23, 22.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.86% 0.1433 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(52.86% 0.152 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1682, 13.2603, 7.4048)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D47 #3DB2A8

analogous

#B23D82 #B23D47 #B26E3D

triadic

#B23D47 #47B23D #3D47B2

tetradic

#B23D47 #82B23D #3DB2A8 #6E3DB2

square

#B23D47 #82B23D #3DB2A8 #6E3DB2

split-complementary

#B23D47 #3DB26E #3D82B2

monochromatic

#571E23 #842D35 #B23D47 #C9636C #D99097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#B23D47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B23D47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D47

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D47	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)

#5B5647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.152 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf797a',
    500: '#b23d47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d47;
$custom-light: #cf797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.872,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52858,
    "c": 0.15164,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D47

secondary

#87C4BF

accent

#D9CD4F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D47

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

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