#B23441#B23441

#B23441 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.162 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23441
RGB	rgb(178, 52, 65)
HSL	hsl(354, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 63.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.70, 51.37, 22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.70, 55.94, 23.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.74% 0.1526 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(51.74% 0.162 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5443, 12.3056, 6.2934)
Luminance	0.1230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23441 #34B2A5

analogous

#B23480 #B23441 #B26634

triadic

#B23441 #41B234 #3441B2

tetradic

#B23441 #80B234 #34B2A5 #6634B2

square

#B23441 #80B234 #34B2A5 #6634B2

split-complementary

#B23441 #34B266 #3480B2

monochromatic

#53181E #832630 #B23441 #CE5662 #DB858E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#B23441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#B23441 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23441

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23441	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 52, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.162 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07475',
    500: '#b23441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23441;
$custom-light: #d07475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.81,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51735,
    "c": 0.16159,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23441

secondary

#7DC5BE

accent

#DECF4A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23441

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

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