#B23D2E#B23D2E

#B23D2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.155 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D2E
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 46)
HSL	hsl(7, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(7, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, 46.66, 34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 58.19, 36.69°)
OKLab	oklab(52.45% 0.1338 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(52.45% 0.155 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5242, 13.0027, 4.0133)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D2E #2EA3B2

analogous

#B22E61 #B23D2E #B27F2E

triadic

#B23D2E #2EB23D #3D2EB2

tetradic

#B23D2E #61B22E #2EA3B2 #7F2EB2

square

#B23D2E #61B22E #2EA3B2 #7F2EB2

split-complementary

#B23D2E #2EB27F #2E61B2

monochromatic

#511C15 #812C21 #B23D2E #D15B4C #DD887D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#B23D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#B23D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D2E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D2E	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.155 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17867',
    500: '#b23d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d2e;
$custom-light: #d17867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.818,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52445,
    "c": 0.15498,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D2E

secondary

#76BDC6

accent

#D0E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D2E

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

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