#B23329#B23329

#B23329 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.165 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23329
RGB	rgb(178, 51, 41)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 50.54, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 61.98, 35.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.26% 0.1449 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(51.26% 0.165 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9465, 11.9958, 3.3625)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23329 #29A8B2

analogous

#B22963 #B23329 #B27829

triadic

#B23329 #29B233 #3329B2

tetradic

#B23329 #63B229 #29A8B2 #7829B2

square

#B23329 #63B229 #29A8B2 #7829B2

split-complementary

#B23329 #29B278 #2963B2

monochromatic

#4F1612 #80251E #B23329 #D44F44 #DF7E76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#B23329 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#B23329 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23329

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23329	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23329	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)

#585027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23329;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 51, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.165 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27364',
    500: '#b23329',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23329;
$custom-light: #d27364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23329",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.38,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51259,
    "c": 0.16523,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23329

secondary

#70C1C7

accent

#DAE642

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23329

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

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