#B23C2F#B23C2F

#B23C2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.156 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23C2F
RGB	rgb(178, 60, 47)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 73.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.62, 47.14, 34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.62, 58.14, 35.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.34% 0.1355 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(52.34% 0.156 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4913, 12.9049, 4.1007)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23C2F #2FA5B2

analogous

#B22F64 #B23C2F #B27E2F

triadic

#B23C2F #2FB23C #3C2FB2

tetradic

#B23C2F #64B22F #2FA5B2 #7E2FB2

square

#B23C2F #64B22F #2FA5B2 #7E2FB2

split-complementary

#B23C2F #2FB27E #2F64B2

monochromatic

#511B15 #822C22 #B23C2F #D05B4E #DD887E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#B23C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#B23C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23C2F

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23C2F	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)

#5D542D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 60, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.156 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17868',
    500: '#b23c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23c2f;
$custom-light: #d17868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.954,
    "s": 58.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52337,
    "c": 0.15576,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23C2F

secondary

#77BEC6

accent

#D2E146

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23C2F

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

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