#B23C2E#B23C2E

#B23C2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.156 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23C2E
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 46)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 47.09, 34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 58.43, 36.29°)
OKLab	oklab(52.33% 0.1351 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(52.33% 0.156 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4713, 12.8969, 3.9956)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23C2E #2EA4B2

analogous

#B22E62 #B23C2E #B27E2E

triadic

#B23C2E #2EB23C #3C2EB2

tetradic

#B23C2E #62B22E #2EA4B2 #7E2EB2

square

#B23C2E #62B22E #2EA4B2 #7E2EB2

split-complementary

#B23C2E #2EB27E #2E62B2

monochromatic

#511B15 #812C21 #B23C2E #D15A4C #DD877D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#B23C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#B23C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23C2E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23C2E	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D542C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41B3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.156 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17867',
    500: '#b23c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23c2e;
$custom-light: #d17867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.364,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52325,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23C2E

secondary

#76BDC6

accent

#D2E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23C2E

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

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