#B23E57#B23E57

#B23E57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.151 H 10.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E57
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 87)
HSL	hsl(347, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(347, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.66, 48.95, 11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.66, 50.21, 12.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.35% 0.1483 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(53.35% 0.151 10.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8048, 13.6011, 10.4920)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E57 #3EB299

analogous

#B23E91 #B23E57 #B25F3E

triadic

#B23E57 #57B23E #3E57B2

tetradic

#B23E57 #91B23E #3EB299 #5F3EB2

square

#B23E57 #91B23E #3EB299 #5F3EB2

split-complementary

#B23E57 #3EB25F #3E91B2

monochromatic

#571E2B #852E41 #B23E57 #C9647A #D992A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#B23E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#B23E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E57

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E57	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)

#595857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.151 10.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7a86',
    500: '#b23e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e57;
$custom-light: #ce7a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.069,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53345,
    "c": 0.15103,
    "h": 10.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E57

secondary

#88C4B7

accent

#D8BB50

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E57

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

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