#B23E4A#B23E4A

#B23E4A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.150 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E4A
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 74)
HSL	hsl(354, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(354, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 58.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.37, 47.89, 18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.37, 51.45, 21.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.1431 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.15 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3207, 13.4075, 7.9424)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E4A #3EB2A6

analogous

#B23E84 #B23E4A #B26C3E

triadic

#B23E4A #4AB23E #3E4AB2

tetradic

#B23E4A #84B23E #3EB2A6 #6C3EB2

square

#B23E4A #84B23E #3EB2A6 #6C3EB2

split-complementary

#B23E4A #3EB26C #3E84B2

monochromatic

#571E24 #852E37 #B23E4A #C9646F #D99299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#B23E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#B23E4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E4A

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E4A	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B574A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.150 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7a7c',
    500: '#b23e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e4a;
$custom-light: #cf7a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.793,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5304,
    "c": 0.1504,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E4A

secondary

#88C4BE

accent

#D8CA50

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEEE

border

#D4C9C9

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E4A

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

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