#B23D2C#B23D2C

#B23D2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.155 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D2C
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 44)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.74, 46.58, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.74, 58.78, 37.60°)
OKLab	oklab(52.42% 0.1331 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(52.42% 0.155 31)
XYZ	xyz(20.4857, 12.9873, 3.8105)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D2C #2CA1B2

analogous

#B22C5E #B23D2C #B2802C

triadic

#B23D2C #2CB23D #3D2CB2

tetradic

#B23D2C #5EB22C #2CA1B2 #802CB2

square

#B23D2C #5EB22C #2CA1B2 #802CB2

split-complementary

#B23D2C #2CB280 #2C5EB2

monochromatic

#501B14 #812C20 #B23D2C #D25B49 #DE877A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#B23D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#B23D2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D2C

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D2C	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.155 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17866',
    500: '#b23d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d2c;
$custom-light: #d17866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.612,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5242,
    "c": 0.15537,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.12984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D2C

secondary

#73BCC6

accent

#CFE444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D2C

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

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