#B23435#B23435

#B23435 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.163 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B23435
RGBrgb(178, 52, 53)
HSLhsl(360, 55%, 45%)
HSVhsv(360, 71%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 70.8%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(41.50, 50.69, 29.22)
CIE-LCHlch(41.50, 58.51, 29.96°)
OKLaboklab(51.53% 0.1479 0.0675)
OKLCHoklch(51.53% 0.163 24.5)
XYZxyz(20.2329, 12.1810, 4.6533)
Luminance0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B23435 #34B2B1
analogous
#B23474 #B23435 #B27234
triadic
#B23435 #35B234 #3435B2
tetradic
#B23435 #74B234 #34B2B1 #7234B2
square
#B23435 #74B234 #34B2B1 #7234B2
split-complementary
#B23435 #34B272 #3474B2
monochromatic
#531819 #832627 #B23435 #CE5657 #DB8586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11
#B23435 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44
#B23435 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23435
6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B23435#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B234351.006.113.446.11
#FFFFFF6.111.0021.001.00
#0000003.4421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.111.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#585134
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#776C31
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C40836
Achromatopsia (no color)
#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b23435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 52, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.163 24.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1746c',
    500: '#b23435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b23435;
$custom-light: #d1746c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b23435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.524,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51527,
    "c": 0.16259,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B23435
secondary
#7DC5C4
accent
#DEDD4A
background
#FDF7F6
surface
#FBEDEB
border
#D4C8C6
text
#150907
muted
#837B7A

Preview Lab

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#B23435 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva