#B23A3E#B23A3E

#B23A3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.156 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23A3E
RGB	rgb(178, 58, 62)
HSL	hsl(358, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 65.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, 48.78, 25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 54.83, 27.17°)
OKLab	oklab(52.34% 0.1438 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(52.34% 0.156 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7448, 12.8418, 5.9429)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23A3E #3AB2AE

analogous

#B23A7A #B23A3E #B2723A

triadic

#B23A3E #3EB23A #3A3EB2

tetradic

#B23A3E #7AB23A #3AB2AE #723AB2

square

#B23A3E #7AB23A #3AB2AE #723AB2

split-complementary

#B23A3E #3AB272 #3A7AB2

monochromatic

#561C1E #842B2E #B23A3E #CB5F62 #DA8D8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#B23A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#B23A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23A3E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23A3E	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A543D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 58, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.156 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07773',
    500: '#b23a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23a3e;
$custom-light: #d07773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 50.847,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52335,
    "c": 0.15556,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23A3E

secondary

#83C4C2

accent

#DAD64D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23A3E

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

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