#B23E30#B23E30

#B23E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.154 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E30
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 48)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(6, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 73%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, 46.32, 33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 57.36, 36.15°)
OKLab	oklab(52.59% 0.1331 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(52.59% 0.154 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6184, 13.1266, 4.2437)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E30 #30A4B2

analogous

#B23063 #B23E30 #B27F30

triadic

#B23E30 #30B23E #3E30B2

tetradic

#B23E30 #63B230 #30A4B2 #7F30B2

square

#B23E30 #63B230 #30A4B2 #7F30B2

split-complementary

#B23E30 #30B27F #3063B2

monochromatic

#521C16 #822D23 #B23E30 #D05D50 #DD8A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#B23E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#B23E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E30

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E30	1.00	5.79	3.62	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4203B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.154 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17969',
    500: '#b23e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e30;
$custom-light: #d17969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.462,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52592,
    "c": 0.1536,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E30

secondary

#78BDC6

accent

#D0E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E30

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

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