#B23736#B23736

#B23736 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.160 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23736
RGB	rgb(178, 55, 54)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, 49.56, 29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 57.50, 30.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.1446 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.16 25)
XYZ	xyz(20.3943, 12.4667, 4.8217)
Luminance	0.1246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23736 #36B1B2

analogous

#B23673 #B23736 #B27536

triadic

#B23736 #36B237 #3736B2

tetradic

#B23736 #73B236 #36B1B2 #7536B2

square

#B23736 #73B236 #36B1B2 #7536B2

split-complementary

#B23736 #36B275 #3673B2

monochromatic

#541A1A #832828 #B23736 #CD5A59 #DB8888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#B23736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#B23736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23736

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23736	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 55, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.160 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1756d',
    500: '#b23736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23736;
$custom-light: #d1756d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.484,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51864,
    "c": 0.15954,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.12464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23736

secondary

#7FC4C5

accent

#DCDD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23736

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

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