#B23536#B23536

#B23536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.162 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23536
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 54)
HSL	hsl(360, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(360, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 50.35, 28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 58.01, 29.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.1471 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.162 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3013, 12.2805, 4.7907)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23536 #35B2B1

analogous

#B23574 #B23536 #B27235

triadic

#B23536 #36B235 #3536B2

tetradic

#B23536 #74B235 #35B2B1 #7235B2

square

#B23536 #74B235 #35B2B1 #7235B2

split-complementary

#B23536 #35B272 #3574B2

monochromatic

#541919 #832728 #B23536 #CD5758 #DB8687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#B23536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#B23536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23536

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23536	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.162 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1746d',
    500: '#b23536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23536;
$custom-light: #d1746d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.52,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51648,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23536

secondary

#7EC5C4

accent

#DDDC4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23536

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

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