#B23D34#B23D34

#B23D34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.154 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D34
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 52)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 70.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, 46.95, 31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 56.48, 33.77°)
OKLab	oklab(52.53% 0.1359 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(52.53% 0.154 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6509, 13.0533, 4.6803)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D34 #34A9B2

analogous

#B2346A #B23D34 #B27C34

triadic

#B23D34 #34B23D #3D34B2

tetradic

#B23D34 #6AB234 #34A9B2 #7C34B2

square

#B23D34 #6AB234 #34A9B2 #7C34B2

split-complementary

#B23D34 #34B27C #346AB2

monochromatic

#531D18 #832D26 #B23D34 #CE5E56 #DB8B85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#B23D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B23D34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D34

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D34	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)

#5D5532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.154 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0796c',
    500: '#b23d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d34;
$custom-light: #d0796c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52526,
    "c": 0.15386,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D34

secondary

#7DC0C5

accent

#D4DE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D34

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

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