#B23D32#B23D32

#B23D32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.154 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D32
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 50)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, 46.85, 32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 57.04, 34.77°)
OKLab	oklab(52.5% 0.1352 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(52.5% 0.154 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6068, 13.0357, 4.4481)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D32 #32A7B2

analogous

#B23267 #B23D32 #B27D32

triadic

#B23D32 #32B23D #3D32B2

tetradic

#B23D32 #67B232 #32A7B2 #7D32B2

square

#B23D32 #67B232 #32A7B2 #7D32B2

split-complementary

#B23D32 #32B27D #3267B2

monochromatic

#521C17 #822D25 #B23D32 #CF5D53 #DC8A82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#B23D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B23D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D32

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D32	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.154 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1796a',
    500: '#b23d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d32;
$custom-light: #d1796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.156,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52498,
    "c": 0.15421,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D32

secondary

#7BBFC5

accent

#D2DF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D32

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

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