#B23127#B23127

#B23127 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.167 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23127
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 39)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.91, 51.21, 36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.91, 63.01, 35.62°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.1466 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.167 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8269, 11.8111, 3.1549)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23127 #27A8B2

analogous

#B22762 #B23127 #B27727

triadic

#B23127 #27B231 #3127B2

tetradic

#B23127 #62B227 #27A8B2 #7727B2

square

#B23127 #62B227 #27A8B2 #7727B2

split-complementary

#B23127 #27B277 #2762B2

monochromatic

#4E1511 #80231C #B23127 #D54C41 #E07B73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#B23127 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B23127 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23127

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23127	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23127	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)

#574E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23127;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.167 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27262',
    500: '#b23127',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23127;
$custom-light: #d27262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23127",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.317,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51031,
    "c": 0.1673,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23127

secondary

#6DC1C8

accent

#DBE741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23127

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

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