#B23242#B23242

#B23242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.164 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23242
RGB	rgb(178, 50, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.44, 52.19, 21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.44, 56.33, 22.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% 0.1554 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.164 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4862, 12.1425, 6.4182)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23242 #32B2A2

analogous

#B23282 #B23242 #B26232

triadic

#B23242 #42B232 #3242B2

tetradic

#B23242 #82B232 #32B2A2 #6232B2

square

#B23242 #82B232 #32B2A2 #6232B2

split-complementary

#B23242 #32B262 #3282B2

monochromatic

#52171F #822530 #B23242 #CF5362 #DC828E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#B23242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B23242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23242

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23242	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 50, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.164 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07376',
    500: '#b23242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23242;
$custom-light: #d07376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5155,
    "c": 0.16359,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23242

secondary

#7BC5BC

accent

#DFCD48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23242

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

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