#B23D55#B23D55

#B23D55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.152 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B23D55
RGBrgb(178, 61, 85)
HSLhsl(348, 49%, 47%)
HSVhsv(348, 66%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 65.7%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(43.45, 49.20, 12.12)
CIE-LCHlch(43.45, 50.67, 13.83°)
OKLaboklab(53.18% 0.1489 0.0308)
OKLCHoklch(53.18% 0.152 11.7)
XYZxyz(21.6704, 13.4611, 10.0497)
Luminance0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B23D55 #3DB29A
analogous
#B23D90 #B23D55 #B25F3D
triadic
#B23D55 #55B23D #3D55B2
tetradic
#B23D55 #90B23D #3DB29A #5F3DB2
square
#B23D55 #90B23D #3DB29A #5F3DB2
split-complementary
#B23D55 #3DB25F #3D90B2
monochromatic
#571E29 #842D3F #B23D55 #C96378 #D9909F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69
#B23D55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69
#B23D55 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D55
5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B23D55#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B23D551.005.693.695.69
#FFFFFF5.691.0021.001.00
#0000003.6921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.691.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#585855
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#776F52
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C22946
Achromatopsia (no color)
#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b23d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.152 11.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7984',
    500: '#b23d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b23d55;
$custom-light: #ce7984;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b23d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.692,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53176,
    "c": 0.15204,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B23D55
secondary
#87C4B8
accent
#D9BC4F
background
#FDF7F8
surface
#FAEEEF
border
#D3C9CA
text
#150A0A
muted
#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D55

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#B23D55 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva