#B23236#B23236

#B23236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.164 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23236
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 54)
HSL	hsl(358, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(358, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.24, 51.50, 28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.24, 58.77, 28.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% 0.1507 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.164 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1688, 12.0155, 4.7465)
Luminance	0.1201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23236 #32B2AE

analogous

#B23276 #B23236 #B26E32

triadic

#B23236 #36B232 #3236B2

tetradic

#B23236 #76B232 #32B2AE #6E32B2

square

#B23236 #76B232 #32B2AE #6E32B2

split-complementary

#B23236 #32B26E #3276B2

monochromatic

#521719 #822528 #B23236 #CF5356 #DC8285

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#B23236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B23236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23236

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23236	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.164 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1736d',
    500: '#b23236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23236;
$custom-light: #d1736d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.125,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51336,
    "c": 0.16438,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23236

secondary

#7BC5C3

accent

#DFDB48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23236

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

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