#B23D29#B23D29

#B23D29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.156 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B23D29
RGBrgb(178, 61, 41)
HSLhsl(9, 63%, 43%)
HSVhsv(9, 77%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 65.7%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(42.71, 46.45, 37.49)
CIE-LCHlch(42.71, 59.69, 38.90°)
OKLaboklab(52.39% 0.1321 0.0829)
OKLCHoklch(52.39% 0.156 32.1)
XYZxyz(20.4313, 12.9655, 3.5242)
Luminance0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B23D29 #299EB2
analogous
#B22959 #B23D29 #B28129
triadic
#B23D29 #29B23D #3D29B2
tetradic
#B23D29 #59B229 #299EB2 #8129B2
square
#B23D29 #59B229 #299EB2 #8129B2
split-complementary
#B23D29 #29B281 #2959B2
monochromatic
#4F1B12 #802C1E #B23D29 #D45944 #DF8576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85
#B23D29 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59
#B23D29 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D29
5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B23D29#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B23D291.005.853.595.85
#FFFFFF5.851.0021.001.00
#0000003.5921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.851.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5E5526
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7B6E25
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C41C39
Achromatopsia (no color)
#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b23d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.156 32.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17864',
    500: '#b23d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b23d29;
$custom-light: #d17864;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b23d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.759,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52385,
    "c": 0.15598,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B23D29
secondary
#70BAC7
accent
#CEE642
background
#FDF7F6
surface
#FBEEEB
border
#D4C9C6
text
#160905
muted
#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D29

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#B23D29 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva