#B23E46#B23E46

#B23E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.151 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E46
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 70)
HSL	hsl(356, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 60.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.29, 47.60, 21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.29, 52.09, 23.95°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% 0.1415 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.151 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1902, 13.3553, 7.2552)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E46 #3EB2AA

analogous

#B23E80 #B23E46 #B2703E

triadic

#B23E46 #46B23E #3E46B2

tetradic

#B23E46 #80B23E #3EB2AA #703EB2

square

#B23E46 #80B23E #3EB2AA #703EB2

split-complementary

#B23E46 #3EB270 #3E80B2

monochromatic

#571E22 #852E34 #B23E46 #C9646B #D99296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#B23E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#B23E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E46

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E46	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.151 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7979',
    500: '#b23e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e46;
$custom-light: #cf7979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.862,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52957,
    "c": 0.15056,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E46

secondary

#88C4C0

accent

#D8CF50

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E46

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

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