#B23D20#B23D20

#B23D20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.158 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D20
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 32)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(12, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 82%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, 46.13, 42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 62.47, 42.40°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% 0.1295 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.158 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2919, 12.9097, 2.7896)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D20 #2095B2

analogous

#B2204C #B23D20 #B28620

triadic

#B23D20 #20B23D #3D20B2

tetradic

#B23D20 #4CB220 #2095B2 #8620B2

square

#B23D20 #4CB220 #2095B2 #8620B2

split-complementary

#B23D20 #20B286 #204CB2

monochromatic

#4A190D #7E2B17 #B23D20 #DB5635 #E48168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#B23D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#B23D20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D20

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D20	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F541B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6E1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41B37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.158 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2785e',
    500: '#b23d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d20;
$custom-light: #d2785e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.918,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52294,
    "c": 0.1578,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D20

secondary

#64B5CA

accent

#C9EC3B

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160904

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D20

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

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