#B23D50#B23D50

#B23D50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.152 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D50
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 80)
HSL	hsl(350, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(350, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 55.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, 48.79, 15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 51.06, 17.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.1469 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.152 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4787, 13.3845, 9.0403)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D50 #3DB29F

analogous

#B23D8B #B23D50 #B2643D

triadic

#B23D50 #50B23D #3D50B2

tetradic

#B23D50 #8BB23D #3DB29F #643DB2

square

#B23D50 #8BB23D #3DB29F #643DB2

split-complementary

#B23D50 #3DB264 #3D8BB2

monochromatic

#571E27 #842D3C #B23D50 #C96373 #D9909C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#B23D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#B23D50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D50

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D50	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.152 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7980',
    500: '#b23d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d50;
$custom-light: #cf7980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.256,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53055,
    "c": 0.15167,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D50

secondary

#87C4BA

accent

#D9C24F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#15090A

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D50

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

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