#B23E53#B23E53

#B23E53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.151 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E53
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 83)
HSL	hsl(349, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(349, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 53.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.56, 48.60, 13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.56, 50.45, 15.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.25% 0.1467 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(53.25% 0.151 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6459, 13.5376, 9.6551)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E53 #3EB29D

analogous

#B23E8D #B23E53 #B2633E

triadic

#B23E53 #53B23E #3E53B2

tetradic

#B23E53 #8DB23E #3EB29D #633EB2

square

#B23E53 #8DB23E #3EB29D #633EB2

split-complementary

#B23E53 #3EB263 #3E8DB2

monochromatic

#571E29 #852E3E #B23E53 #C96476 #D9929E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#B23E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B23E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E53

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E53	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.151 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7a83',
    500: '#b23e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e53;
$custom-light: #ce7a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.138,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53245,
    "c": 0.15065,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E53

secondary

#88C4B9

accent

#D8BF50

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E53

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

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