#B23D49#B23D49

#B23D49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.152 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D49
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 73)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, 48.25, 19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 51.92, 21.67°)
OKLab	oklab(52.9% 0.1441 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(52.9% 0.152 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2334, 13.2864, 7.7484)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D49 #3DB2A6

analogous

#B23D84 #B23D49 #B26C3D

triadic

#B23D49 #49B23D #3D49B2

tetradic

#B23D49 #84B23D #3DB2A6 #6C3DB2

square

#B23D49 #84B23D #3DB2A6 #6C3DB2

split-complementary

#B23D49 #3DB26C #3D84B2

monochromatic

#571E24 #842D36 #B23D49 #C9636D #D99098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#B23D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B23D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D49

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D49	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)

#5A5749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.152 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf797b',
    500: '#b23d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d49;
$custom-light: #cf797b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.846,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52899,
    "c": 0.15158,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D49

secondary

#87C4BE

accent

#D9CA4F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D49

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

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