#B23432#B23432

#B23432 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.163 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23432
RGB	rgb(178, 52, 50)
HSL	hsl(1, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(1, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.46, 50.54, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.46, 59.27, 31.49°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% 0.1468 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.163 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1660, 12.1543, 4.3011)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23432 #32B0B2

analogous

#B23270 #B23432 #B27432

triadic

#B23432 #32B234 #3432B2

tetradic

#B23432 #70B232 #32B0B2 #7432B2

square

#B23432 #70B232 #32B0B2 #7432B2

split-complementary

#B23432 #32B274 #3270B2

monochromatic

#521817 #822625 #B23432 #CF5553 #DC8482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#B23432 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B23432 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23432

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23432	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23432	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23432;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 52, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.163 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1746a',
    500: '#b23432',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23432;
$custom-light: #d1746a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23432",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.938,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51482,
    "c": 0.16297,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23432

secondary

#7BC4C5

accent

#DDDF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23432

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

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