#B23E41#B23E41

#B23E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.151 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E41
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 65)
HSL	hsl(358, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 63.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.20, 47.27, 24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.20, 53.05, 26.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.86% 0.1395 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(52.86% 0.151 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0389, 13.2948, 6.4583)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E41 #3EB2AF

analogous

#B23E7B #B23E41 #B2753E

triadic

#B23E41 #41B23E #3E41B2

tetradic

#B23E41 #7BB23E #3EB2AF #753EB2

square

#B23E41 #7BB23E #3EB2AF #753EB2

split-complementary

#B23E41 #3EB275 #3E7BB2

monochromatic

#571E20 #852E30 #B23E41 #C96467 #D99293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#B23E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B23E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E41

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E41	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.151 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07975',
    500: '#b23e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e41;
$custom-light: #d07975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.448,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52861,
    "c": 0.15096,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E41

secondary

#88C4C2

accent

#D8D450

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E41

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

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