#B23434#B23434

#B23434 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.163 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23434
RGB	rgb(178, 52, 52)
HSL	hsl(0, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(0, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 70.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.49, 50.64, 29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.49, 58.76, 30.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.51% 0.1476 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(51.51% 0.163 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2101, 12.1719, 4.5334)
Luminance	0.1217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23434 #34B2B2

analogous

#B23473 #B23434 #B27334

triadic

#B23434 #34B234 #3434B2

tetradic

#B23434 #73B234 #34B2B2 #7334B2

square

#B23434 #73B234 #34B2B2 #7334B2

split-complementary

#B23434 #34B273 #3473B2

monochromatic

#531818 #832626 #B23434 #CE5656 #DB8585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#B23434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B23434 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23434

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23434	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)

#585133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40736

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 52, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.163 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1746b',
    500: '#b23434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23434;
$custom-light: #d1746b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51511,
    "c": 0.16272,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23434

secondary

#7DC5C5

accent

#DEDE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23434

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

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