#B23436#B23436

#B23436 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.162 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23436
RGB	rgb(178, 52, 54)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.52, 50.74, 28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.52, 58.26, 29.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% 0.1483 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.162 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2561, 12.1903, 4.7757)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23436 #34B2B0

analogous

#B23475 #B23436 #B27134

triadic

#B23436 #36B234 #3436B2

tetradic

#B23436 #75B234 #34B2B0 #7134B2

square

#B23436 #75B234 #34B2B0 #7134B2

split-complementary

#B23436 #34B271 #3475B2

monochromatic

#531819 #832628 #B23436 #CE5658 #DB8586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#B23436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B23436 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23436

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23436	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)

#575135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 52, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.162 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1746d',
    500: '#b23436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23436;
$custom-light: #d1746d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.048,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51542,
    "c": 0.16247,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23436

secondary

#7DC5C4

accent

#DEDC4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23436

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

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