#B23E56#B23E56

#B23E56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.151 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E56
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 86)
HSL	hsl(348, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(348, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.63, 48.86, 11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.63, 50.25, 13.52°)
OKLab	oklab(53.32% 0.1479 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(53.32% 0.151 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7643, 13.5849, 10.2783)
Luminance	0.1358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E56 #3EB29A

analogous

#B23E90 #B23E56 #B2603E

triadic

#B23E56 #56B23E #3E56B2

tetradic

#B23E56 #90B23E #3EB29A #603EB2

square

#B23E56 #90B23E #3EB29A #603EB2

split-complementary

#B23E56 #3EB260 #3E90B2

monochromatic

#571E2A #852E40 #B23E56 #C96479 #D992A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#B23E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#B23E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E56

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E56	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.151 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7a85',
    500: '#b23e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e56;
$custom-light: #ce7a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.586,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53319,
    "c": 0.15092,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E56

secondary

#88C4B8

accent

#D8BC50

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E56

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

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