#B23E59#B23E59

#B23E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.151 H 9.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E59
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 89)
HSL	hsl(346, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.70, 49.13, 9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.70, 50.13, 11.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.4% 0.1491 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(53.4% 0.151 9.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8877, 13.6343, 10.9283)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E59 #3EB297

analogous

#B23E93 #B23E59 #B25D3E

triadic

#B23E59 #59B23E #3E59B2

tetradic

#B23E59 #93B23E #3EB297 #5D3EB2

square

#B23E59 #93B23E #3EB297 #5D3EB2

split-complementary

#B23E59 #3EB25D #3E93B2

monochromatic

#571E2C #852E42 #B23E59 #C9647C #D992A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#B23E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#B23E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E59

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E59	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.151 9.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7a87',
    500: '#b23e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e59;
$custom-light: #ce7a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.034,
    "s": 48.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53397,
    "c": 0.1513,
    "h": 9.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E59

secondary

#88C4B6

accent

#D8B850

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E59

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

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