#B23827#B23827

#B23827 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.161 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23827
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 39)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.91, 48.48, 37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.91, 61.44, 37.90°)
OKLab	oklab(51.78% 0.1381 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(51.78% 0.161 31)
XYZ	xyz(20.1428, 12.4428, 3.2601)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23827 #27A1B2

analogous

#B2275C #B23827 #B27D27

triadic

#B23827 #27B238 #3827B2

tetradic

#B23827 #5CB227 #27A1B2 #7D27B2

square

#B23827 #5CB227 #27A1B2 #7D27B2

split-complementary

#B23827 #27B27D #275CB2

monochromatic

#4E1811 #80281C #B23827 #D55341 #E08073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#B23827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#B23827 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23827

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23827	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40F35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.161 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17662',
    500: '#b23827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23827;
$custom-light: #d17662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.338,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51777,
    "c": 0.16103,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.1244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23827

secondary

#6DBCC8

accent

#D3E741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23827

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

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