#B23D4A#B23D4A

#B23D4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.152 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D4A
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 74)
HSL	hsl(353, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(353, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 58.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.21, 48.32, 18.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.21, 51.78, 21.04°)
OKLab	oklab(52.92% 0.1445 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(52.92% 0.152 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2668, 13.2997, 7.9245)
Luminance	0.1330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D4A #3DB2A5

analogous

#B23D85 #B23D4A #B26A3D

triadic

#B23D4A #4AB23D #3D4AB2

tetradic

#B23D4A #85B23D #3DB2A5 #6A3DB2

square

#B23D4A #85B23D #3DB2A5 #6A3DB2

split-complementary

#B23D4A #3DB26A #3D85B2

monochromatic

#571E24 #842D37 #B23D4A #C9636E #D99098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#B23D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B23D4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D4A

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D4A	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)

#5A574A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.152 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf797c',
    500: '#b23d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d4a;
$custom-light: #cf797c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52921,
    "c": 0.15156,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D4A

secondary

#87C4BD

accent

#D9C94F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150909

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D4A

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

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