#B23F45#B23F45

#B23F45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.149 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23F45
RGB	rgb(178, 63, 69)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 61.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 47.10, 21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 51.96, 24.98°)
OKLab	oklab(53.06% 0.1397 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(53.06% 0.15 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2138, 13.4525, 7.1086)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23F45 #3FB2AC

analogous

#B23F7E #B23F45 #B2733F

triadic

#B23F45 #45B23F #3F45B2

tetradic

#B23F45 #7EB23F #3FB2AC #733FB2

square

#B23F45 #7EB23F #3FB2AC #733FB2

split-complementary

#B23F45 #3FB273 #3F7EB2

monochromatic

#581F22 #852F33 #B23F45 #C9666B #D99396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#B23F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B23F45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23F45

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23F45	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 63, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.149 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7a78',
    500: '#b23f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23f45;
$custom-light: #cf7a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.87,
    "s": 47.718,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53059,
    "c": 0.1495,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23F45

secondary

#89C4C1

accent

#D7D050

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23F45

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

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