#B23722#B23722

#B23722 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.163 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23722
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 34)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 80.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.71, 48.71, 40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.71, 63.17, 39.54°)
OKLab	oklab(51.61% 0.1378 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(51.61% 0.163 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0173, 12.3159, 2.8362)
Luminance	0.1231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23722 #229DB2

analogous

#B22255 #B23722 #B27F22

triadic

#B23722 #22B237 #3722B2

tetradic

#B23722 #55B222 #229DB2 #7F22B2

square

#B23722 #55B222 #229DB2 #7F22B2

split-complementary

#B23722 #22B27F #2255B2

monochromatic

#4B170E #7F2718 #B23722 #D95038 #E37D6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#B23722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#B23722 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23722

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23722	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B511E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.163 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2755f',
    500: '#b23722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23722;
$custom-light: #d2755f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.75,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51614,
    "c": 0.16284,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23722

secondary

#67BBC9

accent

#D1EB3D

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23722

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

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