#B23F59#B23F59

#B23F59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.150 H 10.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23F59
RGB	rgb(178, 63, 89)
HSL	hsl(346, 48%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(346, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, 48.69, 10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 49.76, 11.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.1477 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.15 10.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9425, 13.7440, 10.9466)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23F59 #3FB298

analogous

#B23F92 #B23F59 #B25F3F

triadic

#B23F59 #59B23F #3F59B2

tetradic

#B23F59 #92B23F #3FB298 #5F3FB2

square

#B23F59 #92B23F #3FB298 #5F3FB2

split-complementary

#B23F59 #3FB25F #3F92B2

monochromatic

#581F2C #852F42 #B23F59 #C9667C #D993A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#B23F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B23F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23F59

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23F59	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 63, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.150 10.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7a87',
    500: '#b23f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23f59;
$custom-light: #ce7a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.435,
    "s": 47.718,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53516,
    "c": 0.15003,
    "h": 10.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23F59

secondary

#89C4B7

accent

#D7B950

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23F59

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

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