#B23642#B23642

#B23642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.159 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23642
RGB	rgb(178, 54, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(354, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 50.66, 21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 55.20, 23.40°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% 0.1505 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.159 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6647, 12.4996, 6.4777)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23642 #36B2A6

analogous

#B23680 #B23642 #B26836

triadic

#B23642 #42B236 #3642B2

tetradic

#B23642 #80B236 #36B2A6 #6836B2

square

#B23642 #80B236 #36B2A6 #6836B2

split-complementary

#B23642 #36B268 #3680B2

monochromatic

#541A1F #832831 #B23642 #CD5964 #DB8890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#B23642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#B23642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23642

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23642	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3153B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 54, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.159 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07576',
    500: '#b23642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23642;
$custom-light: #d07576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.194,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51966,
    "c": 0.15948,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23642

secondary

#7FC5BE

accent

#DDCF4B

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23642

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

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