#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
RGB	rgb(178, 52, 53)
HSL	hsl(360, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(360, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, 50.69, 29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 58.51, 29.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.1479 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.163 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2329, 12.1810, 4.6533)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##B23435	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #B23435

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

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