#B23627#B23627

#B23627 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.163 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23627
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 39)
HSL	hsl(6, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(6, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.62, 49.29, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.62, 61.89, 37.21°)
OKLab	oklab(51.55% 0.1406 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(51.55% 0.163 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0478, 12.2528, 3.2285)
Luminance	0.1225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23627 #27A3B2

analogous

#B2275D #B23627 #B27C27

triadic

#B23627 #27B236 #3627B2

tetradic

#B23627 #5DB227 #27A3B2 #7C27B2

square

#B23627 #5DB227 #27A3B2 #7C27B2

split-complementary

#B23627 #27B27C #275DB2

monochromatic

#4E1811 #80271C #B23627 #D55141 #E07F73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#B23627 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B23627 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23627

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23627	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23627	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)

#5A5124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40834

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23627;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.163 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27562',
    500: '#b23627',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23627;
$custom-light: #d27562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23627",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.475,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51555,
    "c": 0.16285,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23627

secondary

#6DBEC8

accent

#D5E741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23627

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

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