#B23825#B23825

#B23825 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.161 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23825
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 37)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 79.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.89, 48.41, 38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.89, 62.04, 38.72°)
OKLab	oklab(51.76% 0.1375 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(51.76% 0.161 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1105, 12.4299, 3.0902)
Luminance	0.1243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23825 #259FB2

analogous

#B22559 #B23825 #B27F25

triadic

#B23825 #25B238 #3825B2

tetradic

#B23825 #59B225 #259FB2 #7F25B2

square

#B23825 #59B225 #259FB2 #7F25B2

split-complementary

#B23825 #25B27F #2559B2

monochromatic

#4D1810 #7F281A #B23825 #D7523D #E17F70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#B23825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#B23825 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23825

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23825	1.00	6.03	3.49	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40F35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.161 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27661',
    500: '#b23825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23825;
$custom-light: #d27661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.085,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51756,
    "c": 0.16139,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23825

secondary

#6BBBC8

accent

#D2E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23825

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

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