#B23E52#B23E52

#B23E52 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.151 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E52
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 82)
HSL	hsl(350, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(350, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 53.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.54, 48.52, 14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.54, 50.53, 16.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.1463 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.151 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6076, 13.5222, 9.4532)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E52 #3EB29E

analogous

#B23E8C #B23E52 #B2643E

triadic

#B23E52 #52B23E #3E52B2

tetradic

#B23E52 #8CB23E #3EB29E #643EB2

square

#B23E52 #8CB23E #3EB29E #643EB2

split-complementary

#B23E52 #3EB264 #3E8CB2

monochromatic

#571E28 #852E3D #B23E52 #C96476 #D9929E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#B23E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B23E52 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E52

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E52	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77704F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.151 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7a82',
    500: '#b23e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e52;
$custom-light: #cf7a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.655,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53221,
    "c": 0.15057,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E52

secondary

#88C4BA

accent

#D8C050

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E52

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

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