#B23335#B23335

#B23335 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.164 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23335
RGB	rgb(178, 51, 53)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, 51.07, 29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 58.76, 29.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.1491 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.164 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1887, 12.0927, 4.6385)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23335 #33B2B0

analogous

#B23375 #B23335 #B27033

triadic

#B23335 #35B233 #3335B2

tetradic

#B23335 #75B233 #33B2B0 #7033B2

square

#B23335 #75B233 #33B2B0 #7033B2

split-complementary

#B23335 #33B270 #3375B2

monochromatic

#531819 #822527 #B23335 #CE5456 #DC8485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#B23335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#B23335 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23335

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23335	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 51, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.164 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1736c',
    500: '#b23335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23335;
$custom-light: #d1736c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.055,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51422,
    "c": 0.16354,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23335

secondary

#7CC5C4

accent

#DFDC49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23335

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

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