#B1252C#B1252C

#B1252C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.175 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1252C
RGB	rgb(177, 37, 44)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.34, 55.11, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.34, 63.75, 30.17°)
OKLab	oklab(49.84% 0.1601 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(49.84% 0.176 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2499, 10.8552, 3.4641)
Luminance	0.1085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1252C #25B1AA

analogous

#B12572 #B1252C #B16425

triadic

#B1252C #2CB125 #252CB1

tetradic

#B1252C #72B125 #25B1AA #6425B1

square

#B1252C #72B125 #25B1AA #6425B1

split-complementary

#B1252C #25B164 #2572B1

monochromatic

#4C1013 #7E1A1F #B1252C #D63D44 #E16F75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#B1252C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#B1252C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1252C

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1252C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1252C	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51492B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1252c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 37, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.175 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16d65',
    500: '#b1252c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1252c;
$custom-light: #d16d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1252c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49839,
    "c": 0.1755,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1252C

secondary

#6AC8C3

accent

#E8E03F

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1252C

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

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