#B23932#B23932

#B23932 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.158 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23932
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 50)
HSL	hsl(3, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.19, 48.54, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.19, 58.03, 33.23°)
OKLab	oklab(52.03% 0.1405 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(52.03% 0.158 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4012, 12.6245, 4.3795)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23932 #32ABB2

analogous

#B2326B #B23932 #B27932

triadic

#B23932 #32B239 #3932B2

tetradic

#B23932 #6BB232 #32ABB2 #7932B2

square

#B23932 #6BB232 #32ABB2 #7932B2

split-complementary

#B23932 #32B279 #326BB2

monochromatic

#521A17 #822A25 #B23932 #CF5953 #DC8782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#B23932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#B23932 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23932

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23932	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.158 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1766a',
    500: '#b23932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23932;
$custom-light: #d1766a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.281,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52029,
    "c": 0.15817,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23932

secondary

#7BC1C5

accent

#D7DF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23932

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

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