#B23C20#B23C20

#B23C20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.159 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23C20
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 32)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(12, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 82%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.47, 46.56, 41.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.47, 62.69, 42.03°)
OKLab	oklab(52.17% 0.1308 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(52.17% 0.159 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2390, 12.8040, 2.7719)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23C20 #2096B2

analogous

#B2204D #B23C20 #B28520

triadic

#B23C20 #20B23C #3C20B2

tetradic

#B23C20 #4DB220 #2096B2 #8520B2

square

#B23C20 #4DB220 #2096B2 #8520B2

split-complementary

#B23C20 #20B285 #204DB2

monochromatic

#4A190D #7E2B17 #B23C20 #DB5435 #E48068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#B23C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#B23C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23C20

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23C20	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E541C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41837

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.159 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2785e',
    500: '#b23c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23c20;
$custom-light: #d2785e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.507,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52174,
    "c": 0.1587,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23C20

secondary

#64B6CA

accent

#CAEC3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160904

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23C20

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

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