#B23626#B23626

#B23626 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.163 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23626
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 38)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 78.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.60, 49.25, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.60, 62.19, 37.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% 0.1403 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.163 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0314, 12.2463, 3.1424)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23626 #26A2B2

analogous

#B2265C #B23626 #B27C26

triadic

#B23626 #26B236 #3626B2

tetradic

#B23626 #5CB226 #26A2B2 #7C26B2

square

#B23626 #5CB226 #26A2B2 #7C26B2

split-complementary

#B23626 #26B27C #265CB2

monochromatic

#4D1710 #80271B #B23626 #D6503F #E17E72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#B23626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B23626 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23626

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23626	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)

#5A5123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.163 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27562',
    500: '#b23626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23626;
$custom-light: #d27562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.857,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51544,
    "c": 0.16303,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23626

secondary

#6CBDC8

accent

#D5E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23626

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

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