#B23235#B23235

#B23235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.164 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23235
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 53)
HSL	hsl(359, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.23, 51.45, 28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.23, 59.01, 29.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.32% 0.1503 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(51.32% 0.164 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1455, 12.0062, 4.6241)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23235 #32B2AF

analogous

#B23275 #B23235 #B26F32

triadic

#B23235 #35B232 #3235B2

tetradic

#B23235 #75B232 #32B2AF #6F32B2

square

#B23235 #75B232 #32B2AF #6F32B2

split-complementary

#B23235 #32B26F #3275B2

monochromatic

#521719 #822527 #B23235 #CF5356 #DC8285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#B23235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B23235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23235

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23235	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)

#565034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.164 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1736c',
    500: '#b23235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23235;
$custom-light: #d1736c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.594,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5132,
    "c": 0.16449,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23235

secondary

#7BC5C4

accent

#DFDC48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23235

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

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