#B23D48#B23D48

#B23D48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.152 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D48
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 72)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, 48.18, 19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 52.07, 22.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.88% 0.1437 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(52.88% 0.152 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2005, 13.2732, 7.5752)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D48 #3DB2A7

analogous

#B23D83 #B23D48 #B26D3D

triadic

#B23D48 #48B23D #3D48B2

tetradic

#B23D48 #83B23D #3DB2A7 #6D3DB2

square

#B23D48 #83B23D #3DB2A7 #6D3DB2

split-complementary

#B23D48 #3DB26D #3D83B2

monochromatic

#571E23 #842D36 #B23D48 #C9636C #D99097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#B23D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B23D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D48

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D48	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)

#5B5648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.152 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf797a',
    500: '#b23d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d48;
$custom-light: #cf797a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.359,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52878,
    "c": 0.15161,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D48

secondary

#87C4BE

accent

#D9CC4F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D48

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

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