#B12420#B12420

#B12420 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.178 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12420
RGB	rgb(177, 36, 32)
HSL	hsl(2, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 81.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.10, 54.99, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.10, 67.22, 35.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.62% 0.1572 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(49.62% 0.178 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0254, 10.7162, 2.4329)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12420 #20ADB1

analogous

#B12064 #B12420 #B16C20

triadic

#B12420 #20B124 #2420B1

tetradic

#B12420 #64B120 #20ADB1 #6C20B1

square

#B12420 #64B120 #20ADB1 #6C20B1

split-complementary

#B12420 #20B16C #2064B1

monochromatic

#490F0D #7D1917 #B12420 #DA3934 #E46B68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#B12420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#B12420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12420

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12420	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51481E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 36, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.178 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26c5d',
    500: '#b12420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12420;
$custom-light: #d26c5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.655,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49621,
    "c": 0.17758,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12420

secondary

#64C6C9

accent

#E7EC3C

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FCECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160804

muted

#847A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12420

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

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