#B23D59#B23D59

#B23D59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.153 H 9.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D59
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 89)
HSL	hsl(346, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 66%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, 49.56, 9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 50.51, 11.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.28% 0.1505 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(53.28% 0.153 9.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8338, 13.5265, 10.9104)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D59 #3DB296

analogous

#B23D94 #B23D59 #B25C3D

triadic

#B23D59 #59B23D #3D59B2

tetradic

#B23D59 #94B23D #3DB296 #5C3DB2

square

#B23D59 #94B23D #3DB296 #5C3DB2

split-complementary

#B23D59 #3DB25C #3D94B2

monochromatic

#571E2B #842D42 #B23D59 #C9637B #D990A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#B23D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B23D59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D59

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D59	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58585A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.153 9.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7987',
    500: '#b23d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d59;
$custom-light: #ce7987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.641,
    "s": 48.954,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53279,
    "c": 0.15255,
    "h": 9.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D59

secondary

#87C4B5

accent

#D9B84F

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D59

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

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