#B22623#B22623

#B22623 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.177 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22623
RGB	rgb(178, 38, 35)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.54, 54.79, 37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.54, 66.40, 34.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% 0.157 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.177 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3589, 10.9757, 2.6890)
Luminance	0.1097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22623 #23AFB2

analogous

#B22368 #B22623 #B26E23

triadic

#B22623 #23B226 #2623B2

tetradic

#B22623 #68B223 #23AFB2 #6E23B2

square

#B22623 #68B223 #23AFB2 #6E23B2

split-complementary

#B22623 #23B26E #2368B2

monochromatic

#4C100F #7F1B19 #B22623 #D83D3A #E2706D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#B22623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#B22623 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22623

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22623	1.00	6.57	3.19	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 38, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.177 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26d5f',
    500: '#b22623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22623;
$custom-light: #d26d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.259,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49993,
    "c": 0.17673,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22623

secondary

#68C7C9

accent

#E6EA3E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160804

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22623

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

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