#B23936#B23936

#B23936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.158 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23936
RGB	rgb(178, 57, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.25, 48.75, 29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.25, 56.98, 31.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.09% 0.142 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(52.09% 0.158 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4913, 12.6605, 4.8540)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23936 #36AFB2

analogous

#B23671 #B23936 #B27736

triadic

#B23936 #36B239 #3936B2

tetradic

#B23936 #71B236 #36AFB2 #7736B2

square

#B23936 #71B236 #36AFB2 #7736B2

split-complementary

#B23936 #36B277 #3671B2

monochromatic

#541B1A #832A28 #B23936 #CD5B59 #DB8A88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#B23936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#B23936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23936

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23936	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 57, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.158 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0766d',
    500: '#b23936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23936;
$custom-light: #d0766d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.452,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52088,
    "c": 0.15756,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23936

secondary

#7FC3C5

accent

#D9DD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23936

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

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