#B12436#B12436

#B12436 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.176 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12436
RGB	rgb(177, 36, 54)
HSL	hsl(352, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(352, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 69.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.37, 55.86, 25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.37, 61.61, 24.95°)
OKLab	oklab(49.91% 0.1647 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(49.91% 0.176 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4304, 10.8782, 4.5659)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12436 #24B19F

analogous

#B1247D #B12436 #B15824

triadic

#B12436 #36B124 #2436B1

tetradic

#B12436 #7DB124 #24B19F #5824B1

square

#B12436 #7DB124 #24B19F #5824B1

split-complementary

#B12436 #24B158 #247DB1

monochromatic

#4B0F17 #7E1A26 #B12436 #D73B4F #E16E7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#B12436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#B12436 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12436

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12436	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 36, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.176 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16d6d',
    500: '#b12436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12436;
$custom-light: #d16d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.34,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49914,
    "c": 0.17551,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12436

secondary

#69C8BC

accent

#E9D33F

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12436

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

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