#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
RGBrgb(178, 61, 32)
HSLhsl(12, 70%, 41%)
HSVhsv(12, 82%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 65.7%, 82%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(42.63, 46.13, 42.12)
CIE-LCHlch(42.63, 62.47, 42.40°)
OKLaboklab(52.29% 0.1295 0.0902)
OKLCHoklch(52.29% 0.158 34.9)
XYZxyz(20.2919, 12.9097, 2.7896)
Luminance0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##B23D201.005.863.585.86
#FFFFFF5.861.0021.001.00
#0000003.5821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.861.0021.001.00

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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#B23D20 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva