#B23841#B23841

#B23841 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.157 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23841
RGB	rgb(178, 56, 65)
HSL	hsl(356, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 63.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, 49.79, 22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 54.80, 24.69°)
OKLab	oklab(52.16% 0.1475 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(52.16% 0.157 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7305, 12.6779, 6.3555)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23841 #38B2A9

analogous

#B2387E #B23841 #B26C38

triadic

#B23841 #41B238 #3841B2

tetradic

#B23841 #7EB238 #38B2A9 #6C38B2

square

#B23841 #7EB238 #38B2A9 #6C38B2

split-complementary

#B23841 #38B26C #387EB2

monochromatic

#551B1F #832930 #B23841 #CC5C64 #DA8A90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#B23841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#B23841 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23841

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23841	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3193C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 56, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.157 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07675',
    500: '#b23841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23841;
$custom-light: #d07675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.574,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52165,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23841

secondary

#81C5C0

accent

#DCD14C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23841

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

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