#B23C28#B23C28

#B23C28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.157 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B23C28
RGBrgb(178, 60, 40)
HSLhsl(9, 63%, 43%)
HSVhsv(9, 78%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 66.3%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(42.54, 46.84, 37.85)
CIE-LCHlch(42.54, 60.23, 38.94°)
OKLaboklab(52.25% 0.1332 0.0834)
OKLCHoklch(52.25% 0.157 32.1)
XYZxyz(20.3612, 12.8529, 3.4158)
Luminance0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B23C28 #289EB2
analogous
#B22859 #B23C28 #B28128
triadic
#B23C28 #28B23C #3C28B2
tetradic
#B23C28 #59B228 #289EB2 #8128B2
square
#B23C28 #59B228 #289EB2 #8128B2
split-complementary
#B23C28 #28B281 #2859B2
monochromatic
#4E1A12 #802B1D #B23C28 #D55843 #E08475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88
#B23C28 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57
#B23C28 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23C28
5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B23C28#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B23C281.005.883.575.88
#FFFFFF5.881.0021.001.00
#0000003.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.881.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5E5425
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B6E24
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C41A38
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b23c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.157 32.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17863',
    500: '#b23c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b23c28;
$custom-light: #d17863;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b23c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.696,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52253,
    "c": 0.15712,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B23C28
secondary
#6FBAC7
accent
#CEE641
background
#FEF7F6
surface
#FCEEEB
border
#D5C9C6
text
#160905
muted
#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23C28

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#B23C28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva