#B12524#B12524

#B12524 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.176 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12524
RGB	rgb(177, 37, 36)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(0, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 79.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.24, 54.82, 36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.24, 65.91, 33.72°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% 0.1575 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.176 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1138, 10.8007, 2.7471)
Luminance	0.1080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12524 #24B0B1

analogous

#B12469 #B12524 #B16C24

triadic

#B12524 #24B125 #2524B1

tetradic

#B12524 #69B124 #24B0B1 #6C24B1

square

#B12524 #69B124 #24B0B1 #6C24B1

split-complementary

#B12524 #24B16C #2469B1

monochromatic

#4B100F #7E1A1A #B12524 #D73C3B #E16F6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#B12524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#B12524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12524

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12524	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 37, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.176 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26d5f',
    500: '#b12524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12524;
$custom-light: #d26d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.426,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49741,
    "c": 0.17639,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12524

secondary

#69C7C8

accent

#E8E93F

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FCECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160805

muted

#847A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12524

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

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