#B12720#B12720

#B12720 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.175 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B12720
RGBrgb(177, 39, 32)
HSLhsl(3, 69%, 41%)
HSVhsv(3, 82%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 78%, 81.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(39.42, 54.08, 38.98)
CIE-LCHlch(39.42, 66.67, 35.78°)
OKLaboklab(49.86% 0.1543 0.0834)
OKLCHoklch(49.86% 0.175 28.4)
XYZxyz(19.1200, 10.9055, 2.4645)
Luminance0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B12720 #20AAB1
analogous
#B12061 #B12720 #B17020
triadic
#B12720 #20B127 #2720B1
tetradic
#B12720 #61B120 #20AAB1 #7020B1
square
#B12720 #61B120 #20AAB1 #7020B1
split-complementary
#B12720 #20B170 #2061B1
monochromatic
#49100D #7D1C17 #B12720 #DA3C34 #E46E68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60
#B12720 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18
#B12720 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12720
6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B12720#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B127201.006.603.186.60
#FFFFFF6.601.0021.001.00
#0000003.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.601.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#524A1D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#746819
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C30027
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b12720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 39, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.175 28.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26e5d',
    500: '#b12720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b12720;
$custom-light: #d26e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b12720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.897,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49861,
    "c": 0.1754,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B12720
secondary
#64C4C9
accent
#E4EC3C
background
#FEF7F5
surface
#FCEDE9
border
#D5C8C5
text
#160804
muted
#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12720

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#B12720 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva