#B23F49#B23F49

#B23F49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.149 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23F49
RGB	rgb(178, 63, 73)
HSL	hsl(355, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(355, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.51, 47.38, 19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.51, 51.28, 22.47°)
OKLab	oklab(53.14% 0.1414 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(53.14% 0.149 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3422, 13.5039, 7.7847)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23F49 #3FB2A8

analogous

#B23F82 #B23F49 #B26F3F

triadic

#B23F49 #49B23F #3F49B2

tetradic

#B23F49 #82B23F #3FB2A8 #6F3FB2

square

#B23F49 #82B23F #3FB2A8 #6F3FB2

split-complementary

#B23F49 #3FB26F #3F82B2

monochromatic

#581F24 #852F36 #B23F49 #C9666E #D99399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#B23F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B23F49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23F49

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23F49	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 63, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.149 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7a7b',
    500: '#b23f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23f49;
$custom-light: #cf7a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.783,
    "s": 47.718,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5314,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23F49

secondary

#89C4BF

accent

#D7CC50

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23F49

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

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