#B23E44#B23E44

#B23E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.151 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E44
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 68)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 61.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.26, 47.47, 22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.26, 52.45, 25.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.92% 0.1407 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(52.92% 0.151 21)
XYZ	xyz(21.1281, 13.3305, 6.9282)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E44 #3EB2AC

analogous

#B23E7E #B23E44 #B2723E

triadic

#B23E44 #44B23E #3E44B2

tetradic

#B23E44 #7EB23E #3EB2AC #723EB2

square

#B23E44 #7EB23E #3EB2AC #723EB2

split-complementary

#B23E44 #3EB272 #3E7EB2

monochromatic

#571E21 #852E33 #B23E44 #C96469 #D99295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#B23E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#B23E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E44

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E44	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32541

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.151 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7977',
    500: '#b23e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e44;
$custom-light: #cf7977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.897,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52918,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.13328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E44

secondary

#88C4C1

accent

#D8D150

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E44

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

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