#B23524#B23524

#B23524 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.164 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23524
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 36)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 79.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.44, 49.58, 38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.44, 63.01, 38.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.42% 0.1409 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(51.42% 0.164 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9540, 12.1416, 2.9616)
Luminance	0.1214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23524 #24A1B2

analogous

#B2245A #B23524 #B27C24

triadic

#B23524 #24B235 #3524B2

tetradic

#B23524 #5AB224 #24A1B2 #7C24B2

square

#B23524 #5AB224 #24A1B2 #7C24B2

split-complementary

#B23524 #24B27C #245AB2

monochromatic

#4C170F #7F261A #B23524 #D84E3C #E27C6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#B23524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B23524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23524

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23524	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.164 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27460',
    500: '#b23524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23524;
$custom-light: #d27460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.183,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51415,
    "c": 0.16427,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23524

secondary

#69BDC8

accent

#D5E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23524

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

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