#B03236#B03236

#B03236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.162 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B03236
RGB	rgb(176, 50, 54)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 69.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.87, 50.86, 27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.87, 57.94, 28.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.99% 0.1489 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(50.99% 0.162 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7131, 11.7806, 4.7252)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B03236 #32B0AC

analogous

#B03275 #B03236 #B06D32

triadic

#B03236 #36B032 #3236B0

tetradic

#B03236 #75B032 #32B0AC #6D32B0

square

#B03236 #75B032 #32B0AC #6D32B0

split-complementary

#B03236 #32B06D #3275B0

monochromatic

#511719 #802427 #B03236 #CE5155 #DB8184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#B03236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B03236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B03236

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B03236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B03236	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C10435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b03236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 50, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.162 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf736d',
    500: '#b03236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b03236;
$custom-light: #cf736d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b03236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.095,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50987,
    "c": 0.1623,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B03236

secondary

#79C4C2

accent

#DFDA49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B03236

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

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