#B23332#B23332

#B23332 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.164 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23332
RGB	rgb(178, 51, 50)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, 50.93, 30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 59.51, 31.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.38% 0.148 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(51.38% 0.164 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1219, 12.0659, 4.2864)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23332 #32B1B2

analogous

#B23271 #B23332 #B27332

triadic

#B23332 #32B233 #3332B2

tetradic

#B23332 #71B232 #32B1B2 #7332B2

square

#B23332 #71B232 #32B1B2 #7332B2

split-complementary

#B23332 #32B273 #3271B2

monochromatic

#521817 #822525 #B23332 #CF5453 #DC8382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#B23332 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B23332 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23332

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23332	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23332	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23332;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 51, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.164 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1736a',
    500: '#b23332',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23332;
$custom-light: #d1736a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23332",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.469,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51377,
    "c": 0.16391,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23332

secondary

#7BC5C5

accent

#DEDF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23332

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

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