#B23442#B23442

#B23442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.162 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23442
RGB	rgb(178, 52, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 51.44, 21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 55.77, 22.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.76% 0.153 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(51.76% 0.162 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5735, 12.3173, 6.4473)
Luminance	0.1231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23442 #34B2A4

analogous

#B23481 #B23442 #B26534

triadic

#B23442 #42B234 #3442B2

tetradic

#B23442 #81B234 #34B2A4 #6534B2

square

#B23442 #81B234 #34B2A4 #6534B2

split-complementary

#B23442 #34B265 #3481B2

monochromatic

#53181F #832630 #B23442 #CE5663 #DB858F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#B23442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#B23442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23442

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23442	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3103A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 52, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.162 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07476',
    500: '#b23442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23442;
$custom-light: #d07476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51755,
    "c": 0.16156,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23442

secondary

#7DC5BD

accent

#DECE4A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23442

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

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