#B23032#B23032

#B23032 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.167 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23032
RGB	rgb(178, 48, 50)
HSL	hsl(359, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.92, 52.04, 30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.92, 60.23, 30.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.08% 0.1516 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(51.08% 0.167 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9950, 11.8122, 4.2441)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23032 #30B2B0

analogous

#B23073 #B23032 #B26F30

triadic

#B23032 #32B230 #3032B2

tetradic

#B23032 #73B230 #30B2B0 #6F30B2

square

#B23032 #73B230 #30B2B0 #6F30B2

split-complementary

#B23032 #30B26F #3073B2

monochromatic

#521617 #822324 #B23032 #D05051 #DD8081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#B23032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B23032 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23032

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23032	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 48, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.167 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1726a',
    500: '#b23032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23032;
$custom-light: #d1726a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.077,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51075,
    "c": 0.16668,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23032

secondary

#78C6C4

accent

#E1DE47

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23032

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

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