#B23F44#B23F44

#B23F44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.150 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23F44
RGB	rgb(178, 63, 68)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 61.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.42, 47.03, 22.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.42, 52.15, 25.60°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.1393 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.15 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1830, 13.4402, 6.9465)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23F44 #3FB2AD

analogous

#B23F7E #B23F44 #B2733F

triadic

#B23F44 #44B23F #3F44B2

tetradic

#B23F44 #7EB23F #3FB2AD #733FB2

square

#B23F44 #7EB23F #3FB2AD #733FB2

split-complementary

#B23F44 #3FB273 #3F7EB2

monochromatic

#581F21 #852F33 #B23F44 #C9666A #D99396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#B23F44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B23F44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23F44

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23F44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23F44	1.00	5.70	3.69	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23f44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 63, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.150 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7a77',
    500: '#b23f44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23f44;
$custom-light: #cf7a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23f44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.391,
    "s": 47.718,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53039,
    "c": 0.14958,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23F44

secondary

#89C4C1

accent

#D7D150

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23F44

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

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