#B23E26#B23E26

#B23E26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.156 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E26
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 38)
HSL	hsl(10, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 78.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, 45.90, 39.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 60.39, 40.53°)
OKLab	oklab(52.47% 0.1298 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(52.47% 0.156 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4348, 13.0531, 3.2768)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E26 #269AB2

analogous

#B22654 #B23E26 #B28426

triadic

#B23E26 #26B23E #3E26B2

tetradic

#B23E26 #54B226 #269AB2 #8426B2

square

#B23E26 #54B226 #269AB2 #8426B2

split-complementary

#B23E26 #26B284 #2654B2

monochromatic

#4D1B10 #802C1B #B23E26 #D6593F #E18572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#B23E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#B23E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E26

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E26	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)

#5F5522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.156 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17962',
    500: '#b23e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e26;
$custom-light: #d17962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.286,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52474,
    "c": 0.15565,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E26

secondary

#6CB8C8

accent

#CBE840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEEA

border

#D5C9C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E26

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

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