#B23E35#B23E35

#B23E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.153 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B23E35
RGB	rgb(178, 62, 53)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.02, 46.57, 31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.02, 55.95, 33.66°)
OKLab	oklab(52.66% 0.1349 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(52.66% 0.153 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7275, 13.1702, 4.8181)
Luminance	0.1317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B23E35 #35A9B2

analogous

#B2356A #B23E35 #B27C35

triadic

#B23E35 #35B23E #3E35B2

tetradic

#B23E35 #6AB235 #35A9B2 #7C35B2

square

#B23E35 #6AB235 #35A9B2 #7C35B2

split-complementary

#B23E35 #35B27C #356AB2

monochromatic

#541D19 #832E27 #B23E35 #CD6057 #DB8C86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#B23E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#B23E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B23E35

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B23E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B23E35	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)

#5E5633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4213D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b23e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 62, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.153 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0796c',
    500: '#b23e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b23e35;
$custom-light: #d0796c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b23e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.32,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52662,
    "c": 0.15267,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B23E35

secondary

#7EC0C5

accent

#D3DD4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B23E35

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

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