#B23726#B23726

#B23726 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.162 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23726
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 38)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 78.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.75, 48.85, 38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.75, 61.97, 37.97°)
OKLab	oklab(51.65% 0.139 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(51.65% 0.162 31)
XYZ	xyz(20.0784, 12.3403, 3.1580)
Luminance	0.1234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23726 #26A1B2

analogous

#B2265B #B23726 #B27D26

triadic

#B23726 #26B237 #3726B2

tetradic

#B23726 #5BB226 #26A1B2 #7D26B2

square

#B23726 #5BB226 #26A1B2 #7D26B2

split-complementary

#B23726 #26B27D #265BB2

monochromatic

#4D1810 #80271B #B23726 #D6513F #E17F72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#B23726 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#B23726 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23726

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23726	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23726	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40C34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23726;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.162 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27562',
    500: '#b23726',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23726;
$custom-light: #d27562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23726",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.286,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51655,
    "c": 0.16212,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.12337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23726

secondary

#6CBDC8

accent

#D3E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23726

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

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