#B23342#B23342

#B23342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.163 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23342
RGB	rgb(178, 51, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.58, 51.82, 21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.58, 56.05, 22.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.1542 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.163 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5294, 12.2289, 6.4326)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23342 #33B2A3

analogous

#B23382 #B23342 #B26333

triadic

#B23342 #42B233 #3342B2

tetradic

#B23342 #82B233 #33B2A3 #6333B2

square

#B23342 #82B233 #33B2A3 #6333B2

split-complementary

#B23342 #33B263 #3382B2

monochromatic

#53181F #822530 #B23342 #CE5463 #DC848E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#B23342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B23342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23342

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23342	1.00	6.10	3.45	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 51, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.163 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07476',
    500: '#b23342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23342;
$custom-light: #d07476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.913,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51652,
    "c": 0.16258,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23342

secondary

#7CC5BC

accent

#DFCD49

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23342

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

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