#B23232#B23232

#B23232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.165 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23232
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 50)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.18, 51.30, 30.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.18, 59.75, 30.84°)
OKLab	oklab(51.28% 0.1492 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(51.28% 0.165 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0787, 11.9795, 4.2720)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23232 #32B2B2

analogous

#B23272 #B23232 #B27232

triadic

#B23232 #32B232 #3232B2

tetradic

#B23232 #72B232 #32B2B2 #7232B2

square

#B23232 #72B232 #32B2B2 #7232B2

split-complementary

#B23232 #32B272 #3272B2

monochromatic

#521717 #822525 #B23232 #CF5353 #DC8282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#B23232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B23232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23232

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23232	1.00	6.19	3.40	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.165 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1736a',
    500: '#b23232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23232;
$custom-light: #d1736a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51275,
    "c": 0.16484,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23232

secondary

#7BC5C5

accent

#DFDF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23232

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

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