#B23E50#B23E50

#B23E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.150 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E50
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 80)
HSL	hsl(351, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(351, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 55.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.50, 48.36, 15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.50, 50.71, 17.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.17% 0.1455 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(53.17% 0.15 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5326, 13.4922, 9.0582)
Luminance	0.1349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E50 #3EB2A0

analogous

#B23E8A #B23E50 #B2663E

triadic

#B23E50 #50B23E #3E50B2

tetradic

#B23E50 #8AB23E #3EB2A0 #663EB2

square

#B23E50 #8AB23E #3EB2A0 #663EB2

split-complementary

#B23E50 #3EB266 #3E8AB2

monochromatic

#571E27 #852E3C #B23E50 #C96474 #D9929D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#B23E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B23E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E50

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E50	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78704D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.150 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7a80',
    500: '#b23e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e50;
$custom-light: #cf7a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.69,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53174,
    "c": 0.15047,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E50

secondary

#88C4BB

accent

#D8C350

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E50

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

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