#B1252E#B1252E

#B1252E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.175 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1252E
RGB	rgb(177, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 74%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.36, 55.20, 30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.36, 63.24, 29.21°)
OKLab	oklab(49.87% 0.1608 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(49.87% 0.175 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2884, 10.8706, 3.6669)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1252E #25B1A8

analogous

#B12574 #B1252E #B16225

triadic

#B1252E #2EB125 #252EB1

tetradic

#B1252E #74B125 #25B1A8 #6225B1

square

#B1252E #74B125 #25B1A8 #6225B1

split-complementary

#B1252E #25B162 #2574B1

monochromatic

#4C1014 #7E1A21 #B1252E #D63D47 #E16F77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#B1252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#B1252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1252E

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1252E	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)

#504A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.175 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16d67',
    500: '#b1252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1252e;
$custom-light: #d16d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.143,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49867,
    "c": 0.17531,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1252E

secondary

#6AC8C2

accent

#E8DE3F

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1252E

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

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