#B23D1E#B23D1E

#B23D1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.158 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D1E
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 30)
HSL	hsl(13, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(13, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 83.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 46.07, 43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 63.08, 43.08°)
OKLab	oklab(52.28% 0.1289 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(52.28% 0.158 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2655, 12.8992, 2.6507)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D1E #1E93B2

analogous

#B21E49 #B23D1E #B2871E

triadic

#B23D1E #1EB23D #3D1EB2

tetradic

#B23D1E #49B21E #1E93B2 #871EB2

square

#B23D1E #49B21E #1E93B2 #871EB2

split-complementary

#B23D1E #1EB287 #1E49B2

monochromatic

#49190C #7E2B15 #B23D1E #DC5531 #E58065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#B23D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#B23D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D1E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D1E	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)

#5F5419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41A37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.158 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2785d',
    500: '#b23d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d1e;
$custom-light: #d2785d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.568,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52277,
    "c": 0.15819,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D1E

secondary

#62B4CA

accent

#C8EE3A

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160904

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D1E

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

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