#B23625#B23625

#B23625 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.163 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23625
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 37)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 79.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.59, 49.22, 38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.59, 62.49, 38.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.14 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.163 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0155, 12.2399, 3.0585)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23625 #25A1B2

analogous

#B2255B #B23625 #B27D25

triadic

#B23625 #25B236 #3625B2

tetradic

#B23625 #5BB225 #25A1B2 #7D25B2

square

#B23625 #5BB225 #25A1B2 #7D25B2

split-complementary

#B23625 #25B27D #255BB2

monochromatic

#4D1710 #7F271A #B23625 #D7503D #E17E70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#B23625 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B23625 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23625

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23625	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23625	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40733

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23625;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.163 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27561',
    500: '#b23625',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23625;
$custom-light: #d27561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23625",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.234,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51534,
    "c": 0.1632,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23625

secondary

#6BBDC8

accent

#D4E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23625

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

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