#B23230#B23230

#B23230 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.165 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23230
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 48)
HSL	hsl(1, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 73%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, 51.21, 31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 60.27, 31.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.1485 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.165 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0365, 11.9626, 4.0497)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23230 #30B0B2

analogous

#B2306F #B23230 #B27330

triadic

#B23230 #30B232 #3230B2

tetradic

#B23230 #6FB230 #30B0B2 #7330B2

square

#B23230 #6FB230 #30B0B2 #7330B2

split-complementary

#B23230 #30B273 #306FB2

monochromatic

#521716 #822423 #B23230 #D05150 #DD8180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#B23230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#B23230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23230

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23230	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.165 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17368',
    500: '#b23230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23230;
$custom-light: #d17368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.923,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51246,
    "c": 0.1651,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23230

secondary

#78C4C6

accent

#DEE147

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160906

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23230

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

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