#B23E2D#B23E2D

#B23E2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.154 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E2D
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 45)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, 46.18, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 58.25, 37.54°)
OKLab	oklab(52.55% 0.1321 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(52.55% 0.154 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5586, 13.1026, 3.9286)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E2D #2DA1B2

analogous

#B22D5E #B23E2D #B2802D

triadic

#B23E2D #2DB23E #3E2DB2

tetradic

#B23E2D #5EB22D #2DA1B2 #802DB2

square

#B23E2D #5EB22D #2DA1B2 #802DB2

split-complementary

#B23E2D #2DB280 #2D5EB2

monochromatic

#501C14 #812D21 #B23E2D #D15C4B #DE887C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#B23E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#B23E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E2D

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E2D	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C41F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.154 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17967',
    500: '#b23e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e2d;
$custom-light: #d17967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.669,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52554,
    "c": 0.1542,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E2D

secondary

#75BCC6

accent

#CFE345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E2D

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

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