#B23542#B23542

#B23542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.161 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23542
RGB	rgb(178, 53, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.86, 51.05, 21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.86, 55.48, 23.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.1517 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.161 19)
XYZ	xyz(20.6187, 12.4075, 6.4624)
Luminance	0.1240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23542 #35B2A5

analogous

#B23580 #B23542 #B26635

triadic

#B23542 #42B235 #3542B2

tetradic

#B23542 #80B235 #35B2A5 #6635B2

square

#B23542 #80B235 #35B2A5 #6635B2

split-complementary

#B23542 #35B266 #3580B2

monochromatic

#54191F #832731 #B23542 #CD5763 #DB868F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#B23542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#B23542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23542

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23542	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3123B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 53, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.161 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07576',
    500: '#b23542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23542;
$custom-light: #d07576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.76,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51859,
    "c": 0.16053,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.12405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23542

secondary

#7EC5BD

accent

#DDCE4A

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23542

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

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