#B0272C#B0272C

#B0272C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.173 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0272C
RGB	rgb(176, 39, 44)
HSL	hsl(358, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 75%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.35, 54.20, 32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.35, 62.95, 30.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.82% 0.1574 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(49.82% 0.173 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0869, 10.8660, 3.4747)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0272C #27B0AB

analogous

#B02771 #B0272C #B06627

triadic

#B0272C #2CB027 #272CB0

tetradic

#B0272C #71B027 #27B0AB #6627B0

square

#B0272C #71B027 #27B0AB #6627B0

split-complementary

#B0272C #27B066 #2771B0

monochromatic

#4C1113 #7E1C1F #B0272C #D54045 #E07276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#B0272C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#B0272C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0272C

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0272C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0272C	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0272c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 39, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.173 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06e65',
    500: '#b0272c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0272c;
$custom-light: #d06e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0272c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.81,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49817,
    "c": 0.17298,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0272C

secondary

#6CC7C3

accent

#E7E141

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0272C

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

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