#B12438#B12438

#B12438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.175 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12438
RGB	rgb(177, 36, 56)
HSL	hsl(351, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.41, 55.96, 24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.41, 61.21, 23.89°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% 0.1655 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.175 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4783, 10.8974, 4.8184)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12438 #24B19D

analogous

#B1247F #B12438 #B15624

triadic

#B12438 #38B124 #2438B1

tetradic

#B12438 #7FB124 #24B19D #5624B1

square

#B12438 #7FB124 #24B19D #5624B1

split-complementary

#B12438 #24B156 #247FB1

monochromatic

#4B0F18 #7E1A28 #B12438 #D73B51 #E16E7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#B12438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#B12438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12438

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12438	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)

#4F4A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 36, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.175 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06d6e',
    500: '#b12438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12438;
$custom-light: #d06d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.489,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49948,
    "c": 0.17543,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12438

secondary

#69C8BA

accent

#E9D13F

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12438

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

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