#B12217#B12217

#B12217 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.180 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12217
RGB	rgb(177, 34, 23)
HSL	hsl(4, 77%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 87%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.8%, 87%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.82, 55.33, 43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.82, 70.11, 37.89°)
OKLab	oklab(49.39% 0.1566 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(49.39% 0.18 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8605, 10.5561, 1.8549)
Luminance	0.1055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12217 #17A6B1

analogous

#B11759 #B12217 #B16F17

triadic

#B12217 #17B122 #2217B1

tetradic

#B12217 #59B117 #17A6B1 #6F17B1

square

#B12217 #59B117 #17A6B1 #6F17B1

split-complementary

#B12217 #17B16F #1759B1

monochromatic

#450D09 #7B1810 #B12217 #E23023 #E96359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#B12217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#B12217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12217

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12217	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74670C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 34, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.180 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d36c57',
    500: '#b12217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12217;
$custom-light: #d36c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49393,
    "c": 0.18,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12217

secondary

#57C4CD

accent

#E6F434

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FCECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160803

muted

#847A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12217

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

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