#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
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 85)
HSL	hsl(348, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(348, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.45, 49.20, 12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.45, 50.67, 13.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.1489 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.152 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6704, 13.4611, 10.0497)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

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
##B23D55	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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