#B23E34#B23E34

#B23E34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.153 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E34
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 52)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 70.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.01, 46.52, 31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.01, 56.23, 34.18°)
OKLab	oklab(52.65% 0.1346 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(52.65% 0.153 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7047, 13.1611, 4.6982)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E34 #34A8B2

analogous

#B23469 #B23E34 #B27D34

triadic

#B23E34 #34B23E #3E34B2

tetradic

#B23E34 #69B234 #34A8B2 #7D34B2

square

#B23E34 #69B234 #34A8B2 #7D34B2

split-complementary

#B23E34 #34B27D #3469B2

monochromatic

#531D18 #832E26 #B23E34 #CE5F56 #DB8C85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#B23E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#B23E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E34

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E34	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4213C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.153 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0796c',
    500: '#b23e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e34;
$custom-light: #d0796c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.762,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52647,
    "c": 0.15284,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E34

secondary

#7DBFC5

accent

#D2DE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E34

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

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