#B23F4E#B23F4E

#B23F4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.149 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23F4E
RGB	rgb(178, 63, 78)
HSL	hsl(352, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(352, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 56.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.61, 47.76, 16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.61, 50.59, 19.23°)
OKLab	oklab(53.25% 0.1434 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(53.25% 0.149 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5147, 13.5729, 8.6931)
Luminance	0.1357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23F4E #3FB2A3

analogous

#B23F88 #B23F4E #B26A3F

triadic

#B23F4E #4EB23F #3F4EB2

tetradic

#B23F4E #88B23F #3FB2A3 #6A3FB2

square

#B23F4E #88B23F #3FB2A3 #6A3FB2

split-complementary

#B23F4E #3FB26A #3F88B2

monochromatic

#581F26 #852F3A #B23F4E #C96672 #D9939C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#B23F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B23F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23F4E

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23F4E	1.00	5.65	3.71	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B584E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78704B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 63, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.149 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7a7f',
    500: '#b23f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23f4e;
$custom-light: #cf7a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.174,
    "s": 47.718,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53248,
    "c": 0.14922,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23F4E

secondary

#89C4BC

accent

#D7C650

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23F4E

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

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