#B23E55#B23E55

#B23E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.151 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E55
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 85)
HSL	hsl(348, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(348, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.61, 48.77, 12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.61, 50.31, 14.19°)
OKLab	oklab(53.29% 0.1475 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(53.29% 0.151 12)
XYZ	xyz(21.7242, 13.5689, 10.0676)
Luminance	0.1357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E55 #3EB29B

analogous

#B23E8F #B23E55 #B2613E

triadic

#B23E55 #55B23E #3E55B2

tetradic

#B23E55 #8FB23E #3EB29B #613EB2

square

#B23E55 #8FB23E #3EB29B #613EB2

split-complementary

#B23E55 #3EB261 #3E8FB2

monochromatic

#571E2A #852E3F #B23E55 #C96478 #D992A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#B23E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B23E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E55

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E55	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)

#595855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22A47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.151 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7a84',
    500: '#b23e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e55;
$custom-light: #ce7a84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.103,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53294,
    "c": 0.15082,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.13566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E55

secondary

#88C4B8

accent

#D8BD50

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E55

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

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