#B12536#B12536

#B12536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.175 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12536
RGB	rgb(177, 37, 54)
HSL	hsl(353, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(353, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 69.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.48, 55.57, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.48, 61.40, 25.17°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% 0.1638 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.175 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4611, 10.9396, 4.5762)
Luminance	0.1094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12536 #25B1A0

analogous

#B1257C #B12536 #B15A25

triadic

#B12536 #36B125 #2536B1

tetradic

#B12536 #7CB125 #25B1A0 #5A25B1

square

#B12536 #7CB125 #25B1A0 #5A25B1

split-complementary

#B12536 #25B15A #257CB1

monochromatic

#4C1017 #7E1A27 #B12536 #D63D4F #E16F7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#B12536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#B12536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12536

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12536	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 37, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.175 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06d6d',
    500: '#b12536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12536;
$custom-light: #d06d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.714,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49991,
    "c": 0.17473,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12536

secondary

#6AC8BC

accent

#E8D43F

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12536

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

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