#B23E25#B23E25

#B23E25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.156 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E25
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 37)
HSL	hsl(11, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 79.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.83, 45.86, 39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.83, 60.70, 40.92°)
OKLab	oklab(52.46% 0.1295 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(52.46% 0.156 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4189, 13.0468, 3.1930)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E25 #2599B2

analogous

#B22553 #B23E25 #B28425

triadic

#B23E25 #25B23E #3E25B2

tetradic

#B23E25 #53B225 #2599B2 #8425B2

square

#B23E25 #53B225 #2599B2 #8425B2

split-complementary

#B23E25 #25B284 #2553B2

monochromatic

#4D1B10 #7F2C1A #B23E25 #D7593D #E18470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#B23E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B23E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E25

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E25	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)

#5F5521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.156 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17961',
    500: '#b23e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e25;
$custom-light: #d17961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.638,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52464,
    "c": 0.15586,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E25

secondary

#6BB8C8

accent

#CBE93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E25

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

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