#B23D4F#B23D4F

#B23D4F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.152 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D4F
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 79)
HSL	hsl(351, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(351, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 55.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.32, 48.71, 15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.32, 51.16, 17.80°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% 0.1465 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.152 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4420, 13.3698, 8.8471)
Luminance	0.1337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D4F #3DB2A0

analogous

#B23D8A #B23D4F #B2663D

triadic

#B23D4F #4FB23D #3D4FB2

tetradic

#B23D4F #8AB23D #3DB2A0 #663DB2

square

#B23D4F #8AB23D #3DB2A0 #663DB2

split-complementary

#B23D4F #3DB266 #3D8AB2

monochromatic

#571E27 #842D3B #B23D4F #C96373 #D9909C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#B23D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#B23D4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D4F

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D4F	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)

#59574F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22744

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.152 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7980',
    500: '#b23d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d4f;
$custom-light: #cf7980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53032,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D4F

secondary

#87C4BB

accent

#D9C34F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D4F

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

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