#B12424#B12424

#B12424 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.177 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12424
RGB	rgb(177, 36, 36)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(0, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 79.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.14, 55.12, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.14, 66.09, 33.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% 0.1584 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.177 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0831, 10.7393, 2.7368)
Luminance	0.1074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12424 #24B1B1

analogous

#B1246B #B12424 #B16B24

triadic

#B12424 #24B124 #2424B1

tetradic

#B12424 #6BB124 #24B1B1 #6B24B1

square

#B12424 #6BB124 #24B1B1 #6B24B1

split-complementary

#B12424 #24B16B #246BB1

monochromatic

#4B0F0F #7E1A1A #B12424 #D73B3B #E16E6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#B12424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#B12424 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12424

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12424	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 36, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.177 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26d5f',
    500: '#b12424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12424;
$custom-light: #d26d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49663,
    "c": 0.17711,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12424

secondary

#69C8C8

accent

#E9E93F

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FCECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160805

muted

#847A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12424

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

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