#B23E49#B23E49

#B23E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.150 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E49
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 73)
HSL	hsl(354, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(354, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.35, 47.82, 19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.35, 51.60, 22.07°)
OKLab	oklab(53.02% 0.1427 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(53.02% 0.15 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2873, 13.3941, 7.7664)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E49 #3EB2A7

analogous

#B23E83 #B23E49 #B26D3E

triadic

#B23E49 #49B23E #3E49B2

tetradic

#B23E49 #83B23E #3EB2A7 #6D3EB2

square

#B23E49 #83B23E #3EB2A7 #6D3EB2

split-complementary

#B23E49 #3EB26D #3E83B2

monochromatic

#571E24 #852E36 #B23E49 #C9646E #D99298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#B23E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#B23E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E49

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E49	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.150 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7a7b',
    500: '#b23e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e49;
$custom-light: #cf7a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.31,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53019,
    "c": 0.15043,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E49

secondary

#88C4BE

accent

#D8CB50

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E49

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

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