#B23E4E#B23E4E

#B23E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.150 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E4E
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 78)
HSL	hsl(352, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(352, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 56.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.45, 48.20, 16.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.45, 50.93, 18.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.13% 0.1447 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(53.13% 0.15 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4598, 13.4631, 8.6748)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E4E #3EB2A2

analogous

#B23E88 #B23E4E #B2683E

triadic

#B23E4E #4EB23E #3E4EB2

tetradic

#B23E4E #88B23E #3EB2A2 #683EB2

square

#B23E4E #88B23E #3EB2A2 #683EB2

split-complementary

#B23E4E #3EB268 #3E88B2

monochromatic

#571E26 #852E3A #B23E4E #C96472 #D9929B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#B23E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B23E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E4E

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E4E	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A574E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78704B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22844

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.150 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7a7f',
    500: '#b23e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e4e;
$custom-light: #cf7a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.724,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53128,
    "c": 0.1504,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E4E

secondary

#88C4BC

accent

#D8C550

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E4E

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

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