#B23132#B23132

#B23132 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.166 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23132
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 50)
HSL	hsl(360, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(360, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 51.68, 30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 59.99, 30.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.17% 0.1504 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(51.17% 0.166 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0364, 11.8949, 4.2579)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23132 #31B2B1

analogous

#B23173 #B23132 #B27131

triadic

#B23132 #32B231 #3132B2

tetradic

#B23132 #73B231 #31B2B1 #7131B2

square

#B23132 #73B231 #31B2B1 #7131B2

split-complementary

#B23132 #31B271 #3173B2

monochromatic

#521717 #822425 #B23132 #CF5152 #DC8182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#B23132 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#B23132 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23132

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23132	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23132	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23132;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.166 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1726a',
    500: '#b23132',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23132;
$custom-light: #d1726a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23132",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.535,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51174,
    "c": 0.16576,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23132

secondary

#79C5C5

accent

#E0DF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23132

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

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