#B23D36#B23D36

#B23D36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.154 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23D36
RGB	rgb(178, 61, 54)
HSL	hsl(3, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, 47.06, 30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 55.94, 32.74°)
OKLab	oklab(52.56% 0.1367 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(52.56% 0.154 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6969, 13.0717, 4.9226)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23D36 #36ABB2

analogous

#B2366D #B23D36 #B27B36

triadic

#B23D36 #36B23D #3D36B2

tetradic

#B23D36 #6DB236 #36ABB2 #7B36B2

square

#B23D36 #6DB236 #36ABB2 #7B36B2

split-complementary

#B23D36 #36B27B #366DB2

monochromatic

#541D1A #832D28 #B23D36 #CD5F59 #DB8C88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#B23D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B23D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23D36

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23D36	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C31F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 61, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.154 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0796d',
    500: '#b23d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23d36;
$custom-light: #d0796d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.387,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52556,
    "c": 0.15352,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23D36

secondary

#7FC1C5

accent

#D5DD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23D36

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

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