#B23430#B23430

#B23430 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.163 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23430
RGB	rgb(178, 52, 48)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 73%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.43, 50.45, 32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.43, 59.80, 32.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.45% 0.1461 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(51.45% 0.163 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1238, 12.1374, 4.0788)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23430 #30AEB2

analogous

#B2306D #B23430 #B27530

triadic

#B23430 #30B234 #3430B2

tetradic

#B23430 #6DB230 #30AEB2 #7530B2

square

#B23430 #6DB230 #30AEB2 #7530B2

split-complementary

#B23430 #30B275 #306DB2

monochromatic

#521816 #822623 #B23430 #D05350 #DD8380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#B23430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B23430 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23430

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23430	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58502E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40534

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 52, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.163 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17469',
    500: '#b23430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23430;
$custom-light: #d17469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.846,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51453,
    "c": 0.16326,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23430

secondary

#78C3C6

accent

#DCE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23430

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

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