#B23D4E#B23D4E

#B23D4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.152 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D4E
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 78)
HSL	hsl(351, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(351, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 56.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.29, 48.63, 16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.29, 51.27, 18.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% 0.1461 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.152 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4059, 13.3554, 8.6569)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D4E #3DB2A1

analogous

#B23D89 #B23D4E #B2673D

triadic

#B23D4E #4EB23D #3D4EB2

tetradic

#B23D4E #89B23D #3DB2A1 #673DB2

square

#B23D4E #89B23D #3DB2A1 #673DB2

split-complementary

#B23D4E #3DB267 #3D89B2

monochromatic

#571E26 #842D3A #B23D4E #C96372 #D9909B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#B23D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#B23D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D4E

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D4E	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A574E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.152 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf797f',
    500: '#b23d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d4e;
$custom-light: #cf797f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.282,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53009,
    "c": 0.15159,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D4E

secondary

#87C4BB

accent

#D9C54F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D4E

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

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