#B23E32#B23E32

#B23E32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.153 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E32
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 50)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(6, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 46.42, 32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 56.79, 35.18°)
OKLab	oklab(52.62% 0.1338 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(52.62% 0.153 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6606, 13.1435, 4.4660)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E32 #32A6B2

analogous

#B23266 #B23E32 #B27E32

triadic

#B23E32 #32B23E #3E32B2

tetradic

#B23E32 #66B232 #32A6B2 #7E32B2

square

#B23E32 #66B232 #32A6B2 #7E32B2

split-complementary

#B23E32 #32B27E #3266B2

monochromatic

#521D17 #822D25 #B23E32 #CF5E53 #DC8B82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#B23E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#B23E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E32

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E32	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4203C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.153 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0796a',
    500: '#b23e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e32;
$custom-light: #d0796a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.625,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52619,
    "c": 0.15322,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E32

secondary

#7BBEC5

accent

#D1DF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E32

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

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