#B23234#B23234

#B23234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.165 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23234
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 52)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 70.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 51.40, 29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 59.25, 29.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% 0.15 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.165 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1228, 11.9971, 4.5042)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23234 #32B2B0

analogous

#B23274 #B23234 #B27032

triadic

#B23234 #34B232 #3234B2

tetradic

#B23234 #74B232 #32B2B0 #7032B2

square

#B23234 #74B232 #32B2B0 #7032B2

split-complementary

#B23234 #32B270 #3274B2

monochromatic

#521718 #822526 #B23234 #CF5355 #DC8284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#B23234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B23234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23234

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23234	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.165 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1736b',
    500: '#b23234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23234;
$custom-light: #d1736b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.063,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51305,
    "c": 0.1646,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23234

secondary

#7BC5C4

accent

#DFDD48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23234

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

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