#B23E23#B23E23

#B23E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.156 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E23
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 35)
HSL	hsl(11, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(11, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 80.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, 45.79, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 61.32, 41.69°)
OKLab	oklab(52.44% 0.129 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(52.44% 0.156 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3884, 13.0345, 3.0321)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E23 #2397B2

analogous

#B2234F #B23E23 #B28623

triadic

#B23E23 #23B23E #3E23B2

tetradic

#B23E23 #4FB223 #2397B2 #8623B2

square

#B23E23 #4FB223 #2397B2 #8623B2

split-complementary

#B23E23 #23B286 #234FB2

monochromatic

#4C1A0F #7F2C19 #B23E23 #D8583A #E2836D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#B23E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B23E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E23

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E23	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)

#5F551F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.156 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17960',
    500: '#b23e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e23;
$custom-light: #d17960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.329,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52444,
    "c": 0.15627,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E23

secondary

#68B6C9

accent

#CAEA3E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E23

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

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