#B23334#B23334

#B23334 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.164 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23334
RGB	rgb(178, 51, 52)
HSL	hsl(360, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(360, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 70.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 51.02, 29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 59.00, 30.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% 0.1488 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.164 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1660, 12.0836, 4.5187)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23334 #33B2B1

analogous

#B23373 #B23334 #B27233

triadic

#B23334 #34B233 #3334B2

tetradic

#B23334 #73B233 #33B2B1 #7233B2

square

#B23334 #73B233 #33B2B1 #7233B2

split-complementary

#B23334 #33B272 #3373B2

monochromatic

#531818 #822526 #B23334 #CE5455 #DC8484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#B23334 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B23334 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23334

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23334	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23334	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23334;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 51, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.164 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1736b',
    500: '#b23334',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23334;
$custom-light: #d1736b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23334",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.528,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51407,
    "c": 0.16366,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23334

secondary

#7CC5C5

accent

#DFDE49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23334

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

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